Age. Age classification is based on the age of the person at his or her last birthday as of March 2013. A married couple's age is defined as the age of the husband—unless he is under age 55 and the wife is 55 or older, in which case it is the age of the wife.

Aged unit. With age 55 as the cutoff, aged units are defined as married couples living together—at least one of whom is 55 or older—and nonmarried persons 55 or older.

Marital status. Married persons are married and living with their spouse. Nonmarried persons may be divorced, widowed, never married, separated, or married but living apart from their spouse.

Race. The categories White alone, Black alone, and Asian alone reflect respondents who reported only one race. Because of changes to the race category, data on race are not directly comparable to editions prior to 2002. A person's race is his or her reported race. A married couple's race is defined as the race of the husband.

Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. A married couple is of Hispanic origin if the husband is of Hispanic origin.

Family. A family is a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.

Social Security beneficiary. A beneficiary may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivor benefits, disability benefits, or transitionally insured benefits.

Per capita income. Per capita income is total family income divided by the number of persons in the family.

Relative Importance of Income Source. The relative importance of a source is the ratio of the amount of income from a given source to total income for an aged unit or family. These tables are distributions of persons or aged units by the importance of a given source at the individual unit level.

Poverty. The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to detect who is poor. If a family's total income is less than that family's threshold, then that family, and every individual in it, is considered poor. The poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated annually for inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The official poverty definition counts money income before taxes and excludes capital gains and noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and SNAP benefits).

Government employee pensions. Government employee pensions include regular payments from federal government (civil service), military, and state or local governments.

Private pensions and annuities. Private pensions and annuities include regular payments from companies or unions, annuities or paid-up insurance policies, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Keogh, or 401(k) payments. Nonregular (nonannuitized or lump-sum) withdrawals from IRA, Keogh, and 401(k) plans are not included as income.

Earnings. Include wages and salaries and self-employment. Wages and salaries is defined as total money earnings received for work performed as an employee during the income year. It includes wages, salary, Armed Forces pay, commissions, tips, piece-rate payments, and cash bonuses earned, before deductions are made for taxes, bonds, pensions, union dues, and so forth. Earnings for self-employed persons in incorporated businesses are considered wage and salary. Self-employment is the combined income from farm and nonfarm self-employment.

Asset income. Includes income from interest, dividends, rent, royalties, and estates and trusts. Interest includes payments people receive (or have credited to their accounts) from bonds, treasury notes, IRAs, certificates of deposit, interest-bearing savings and checking accounts, and all other investments that pay interest. Dividends include income from stock holdings and mutual fund shares. The CPS does not include capital gains from the sale of stock holdings as income. Rents, royalties, and estates and trusts includes net income from the rental of a house, store, or other property, receipts from boarders or lodgers, net royalty income, and periodic payments from estate or trust funds.

Public Assistance. Includes Supplemental Security Income and other monetary public assistance programs. Noncash benefits are not included.

Notes

Tables

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Aged Units Table 8.A1 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income and age, 2012

Proportion of income

Aged 55–61

Aged 62–64

Aged 65 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

17.8

30.9

71.2

49.3

69.0

79.9

91.3

1–19

1.6

3.7

4.7

6.2

5.3

5.5

2.1

20–39

2.1

4.1

4.7

6.7

6.4

4.0

1.8

40–59

4.3

7.6

5.3

8.5

7.0

3.8

1.6

60–79

8.2

8.7

5.7

11.0

6.3

3.0

1.0

80 or more

66.0

45.1

8.4

18.3

6.1

3.8

2.1

50 or more

77.0

58.2

16.8

33.8

15.7

9.1

4.1

90 or more

59.4

38.1

6.1

13.5

4.1

2.8

1.8

100

26.7

15.9

2.8

5.6

2.0

1.7

0.9

Mean proportion

73.3

55.0

16.4

32.0

16.0

9.3

4.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

89.1

79.7

57.0

63.0

51.4

46.1

49.8

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

76.2

48.3

8.8

16.7

6.4

4.8

4.5

1–19

5.3

9.1

4.8

9.4

4.1

2.6

1.8

20–39

4.4

8.6

8.5

12.3

10.2

6.9

4.1

40–59

2.7

6.4

8.6

10.8

10.4

7.5

5.7

60–79

1.7

5.3

9.5

9.4

10.7

9.2

8.8

80 or more

9.7

22.4

59.8

41.4

58.3

69.1

75.1

50 or more

12.3

30.7

73.7

56.5

74.1

82.1

86.9

90 or more

8.8

20.0

53.6

36.1

51.8

62.1

68.7

100

6.2

12.6

31.2

21.6

29.4

35.8

40.1

Mean proportion

13.8

32.2

72.5

56.9

73.1

80.1

84.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

57.9

62.2

79.5

68.4

78.1

84.1

88.1

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.1

58.2

11.7

21.3

9.1

6.7

6.4

1–19

2.6

9.8

8.9

13.6

8.0

7.6

5.2

20–39

2.4

9.5

15.0

18.2

18.4

13.1

10.2

40–59

1.7

5.8

14.5

14.2

16.1

14.9

13.4

60–79

1.2

3.7

12.3

9.6

12.3

13.8

14.2

80 or more

5.9

13.0

37.6

23.0

36.0

43.9

50.5

50 or more

7.9

19.4

57.1

39.5

56.4

65.2

71.6

90 or more

5.3

11.5

31.8

19.4

29.9

36.7

43.8

100

4.3

8.4

20.9

13.9

19.7

23.5

27.8

Mean proportion

8.5

21.9

57.8

43.0

57.9

64.5

69.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

61.1

52.3

65.5

54.7

63.8

69.2

74.3

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

93.8

88.9

85.2

84.2

85.4

84.4

86.6

1–19

1.8

2.2

3.0

3.7

3.0

2.9

2.5

20–39

1.8

3.1

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.1

3.6

40–59

1.0

2.3

3.6

3.8

3.3

3.6

3.5

60–79

0.5

1.7

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.4

80 or more

1.1

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

2.3

1.4

50 or more

2.0

4.6

5.7

5.5

5.4

6.3

5.6

90 or more

0.9

1.4

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.3

0.8

100

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.4

Mean proportion

2.6

5.1

6.6

6.7

6.4

7.3

6.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

42.4

46.4

44.3

42.4

44.1

46.4

45.5

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

93.0

85.5

72.6

75.3

70.4

70.8

72.4

1–19

3.1

6.0

11.5

10.7

12.6

12.9

10.8

20–39

1.3

3.4

8.7

7.5

8.8

9.3

9.6

40–59

0.8

2.3

4.8

4.3

5.6

4.8

4.7

60–79

0.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.4

1.6

80 or more

1.3

1.3

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.0

50 or more

2.0

3.7

4.2

3.9

4.5

4.1

4.3

90 or more

1.2

1.0

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.5

100

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

Mean proportion

2.6

4.9

7.9

7.0

8.5

8.1

8.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.0

34.0

28.7

28.4

28.7

27.6

29.4

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

48.7

47.4

47.5

45.8

46.7

48.4

49.5

1–19

45.3

44.9

41.8

44.9

41.6

40.8

39.1

20–39

2.7

4.0

5.4

4.8

6.4

5.3

5.5

40–59

1.3

1.7

2.8

2.5

2.9

3.1

2.7

60–79

0.5

0.7

1.5

1.1

1.7

1.7

1.8

80 or more

1.5

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.5

50 or more

2.7

2.5

3.6

2.9

3.9

3.4

4.4

90 or more

1.3

1.0

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.7

100

1.3

0.8

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.6

Mean proportion

4.4

4.9

6.4

5.7

6.8

6.4

6.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

8.6

9.2

12.2

10.5

12.8

12.4

13.7

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

93.7

94.5

96.3

96.0

96.0

96.6

96.7

1–19

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.1

0.7

20–39

0.7

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.5

0.6

40–59

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.3

60–79

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

80 or more

3.5

2.6

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.4

1.6

50 or more

3.9

3.0

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.7

90 or more

3.4

2.4

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.4

1.5

100

3.2

2.3

1.3

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.4

Mean proportion

4.2

3.4

2.1

2.3

2.0

1.8

2.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

67.2

62.0

55.8

56.4

49.4

54.4

61.7

Number (thousands)

19,454

6,619

31,648

9,869

7,140

5,384

9,256

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Aged Units Table 8.A2 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, marital status, and age, 2012

Proportion of income

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

6.9

17.6

56.4

34.5

58.7

70.1

83.1

29.8

43.9

82.3

64.8

78.9

87.6

94.5

1–19

1.3

3.9

7.0

8.0

6.8

8.2

4.1

1.8

3.4

3.0

4.3

3.9

3.4

1.3

20–39

2.2

5.0

7.4

8.8

8.8

6.4

3.4

2.0

3.2

2.8

4.4

4.0

2.1

1.2

40–59

5.5

10.4

8.3

11.1

9.3

5.7

3.6

3.0

4.8

3.2

5.8

4.7

2.3

0.8

60–79

11.4

13.3

9.1

15.1

8.1

5.3

2.2

4.6

4.2

3.1

6.7

4.5

1.1

0.5

80 or more

72.6

49.9

11.9

22.4

8.2

4.2

3.5

58.8

40.4

5.7

14.0

4.0

3.5

1.6

50 or more

87.5

69.4

25.3

43.4

20.8

12.6

7.6

65.5

47.1

10.5

23.8

10.6

6.2

2.7

90 or more

63.4

40.0

8.2

15.5

5.3

2.8

2.7

55.0

36.2

4.6

11.4

2.8

2.8

1.4

100

22.3

14.0

3.0

5.5

2.0

1.3

1.2

31.7

17.7

2.6

5.8

2.0

2.0

0.8

Mean proportion

82.3

64.2

24.5

40.6

21.2

13.2

8.1

63.3

46.1

10.3

22.8

10.8

6.2

2.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

88.4

77.9

56.3

62.1

51.5

44.1

48.1

90.2

82.1

58.3

64.7

51.3

50.1

51.8

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

76.4

46.9

9.3

16.4

6.4

3.8

4.8

76.0

49.6

8.4

17.1

6.3

5.6

4.4

1–19

7.8

13.7

7.7

13.6

6.1

3.7

2.0

2.6

4.5

2.6

4.9

2.1

1.7

1.7

20–39

6.7

12.7

12.5

16.2

12.8

10.3

6.6

2.0

4.6

5.5

8.1

7.6

4.2

3.1

40–59

3.2

7.4

10.9

12.5

11.7

9.5

7.8

2.2

5.3

7.0

9.0

9.1

5.8

4.9

60–79

1.6

4.5

12.0

11.0

12.9

13.7

11.2

1.8

6.0

7.6

7.7

8.6

5.5

7.9

80 or more

4.4

14.7

47.6

30.2

50.0

59.0

67.7

15.5

30.1

69.0

53.1

66.4

77.1

78.1

50 or more

7.0

22.5

65.1

47.7

68.5

77.7

82.6

18.2

38.8

80.2

65.8

79.7

85.5

88.6

90 or more

3.9

11.6

40.1

24.3

42.3

50.1

58.9

14.2

28.3

63.7

48.6

61.0

71.5

72.6

100

2.5

6.1

19.2

11.5

20.2

25.2

27.4

10.3

19.0

40.2

32.2

38.4

44.3

45.1

Mean proportion

9.7

25.9

64.5

49.3

67.9

75.1

79.8

18.3

38.3

78.5

65.0

78.3

84.0

85.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

41.0

48.9

71.2

59.0

72.5

78.0

83.8

76.2

75.9

85.6

78.4

83.5

89.0

89.8

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

87.2

57.9

12.3

21.1

8.9

5.6

6.1

84.8

58.4

11.3

21.5

9.4

7.7

6.5

1–19

4.5

15.3

13.5

19.7

11.4

9.6

7.7

0.6

4.3

5.4

7.3

4.7

6.0

4.3

20–39

3.6

11.9

20.0

22.8

22.2

18.1

13.2

1.1

7.1

11.3

13.3

14.7

9.1

9.1

40–59

1.6

5.4

16.3

14.0

17.6

18.0

17.2

1.9

6.2

13.2

14.5

14.6

12.4

11.9

60–79

1.1

2.7

13.5

9.7

13.3

16.6

18.6

1.4

4.8

11.3

9.5

11.3

11.6

12.5

80 or more

2.1

6.7

24.4

12.7

26.5

32.0

37.3

10.2

19.2

47.5

33.9

45.4

53.2

55.8

50 or more

3.8

11.8

45.8

29.2

48.2

57.7

64.1

12.5

26.8

65.5

50.4

64.4

71.1

74.5

90 or more

1.8

5.3

18.9

9.5

20.5

24.2

30.2

9.1

17.6

41.6

29.9

39.1

46.6

49.1

100

1.5

3.1

10.9

6.3

11.7

14.2

15.7

7.4

13.6

28.4

21.8

27.5

30.9

32.6

Mean proportion

5.1

15.8

48.5

34.8

51.3

58.0

62.4

12.3

27.8

64.9

51.7

64.5

69.7

72.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.7

37.7

55.3

44.1

56.3

61.5

66.5

80.8

66.8

73.1

65.9

71.1

75.5

77.4

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

92.6

87.1

81.6

80.8

83.4

81.1

81.2

95.2

90.7

87.9

87.9

87.4

86.9

88.7

1–19

2.4

2.9

4.6

5.2

4.1

4.4

4.4

1.1

1.6

1.9

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.7

20–39

2.8

4.4

5.5

6.1

4.9

5.6

5.3

0.6

1.8

2.9

2.3

3.4

3.0

2.9

40–59

1.3

2.7

4.0

4.0

3.1

4.0

5.3

0.8

1.8

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.4

2.8

60–79

0.5

1.7

2.8

2.7

2.7

3.1

2.8

0.4

1.7

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.3

2.2

80 or more

0.5

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.8

1.8

1.0

1.9

2.4

1.9

2.0

1.5

2.8

1.6

50 or more

1.4

4.0

5.7

5.3

5.6

6.3

6.4

2.6

5.2

5.6

5.9

5.3

6.4

5.2

90 or more

0.4

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.9

0.9

0.2

1.5

2.1

1.2

1.5

1.0

1.5

1.0

100

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.4

Mean proportion

2.5

5.2

7.3

7.3

6.8

7.9

7.6

2.8

5.1

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.8

5.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

33.4

40.0

39.9

38.0

41.1

41.8

40.3

57.6

55.0

49.5

49.9

48.0

51.6

48.9

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

92.4

83.6

67.3

71.7

64.6

64.1

65.2

93.8

87.3

76.6

79.0

76.1

76.2

75.2

1–19

4.1

8.0

15.5

14.0

16.7

18.0

14.6

2.0

4.1

8.5

7.3

8.6

8.8

9.3

20–39

1.7

3.9

10.2

8.8

9.7

11.3

12.5

1.0

3.0

7.6

6.1

7.9

7.7

8.4

40–59

0.8

2.6

5.0

3.9

6.6

4.3

5.6

0.9

2.0

4.7

4.8

4.7

5.2

4.3

60–79

0.3

1.1

1.4

1.1

1.6

1.8

1.2

0.4

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.0

1.8

80 or more

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.8

0.5

1.0

2.0

1.9

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.0

50 or more

1.3

3.0

3.8

3.1

4.5

3.5

4.5

2.7

4.3

4.4

4.7

4.4

4.6

4.2

90 or more

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.3

1.9

1.4

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.6

100

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

1.0

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.8

0.5

0.3

Mean proportion

2.1

4.6

8.4

6.9

9.4

8.8

9.4

3.1

5.2

7.5

7.1

7.6

7.5

7.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

27.4

28.3

25.6

24.5

26.6

24.5

27.1

49.8

41.2

31.8

34.0

31.9

31.3

30.7

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

38.2

38.7

36.2

34.9

36.1

37.8

37.3

60.2

56.0

56.1

57.3

57.0

56.8

54.3

1–19

56.5

53.3

50.8

54.3

50.1

47.3

48.4

33.0

36.7

35.0

35.1

33.3

35.7

35.4

20–39

3.0

4.4

7.3

6.2

8.2

8.0

7.3

2.4

3.6

4.0

3.3

4.6

3.1

4.7

40–59

1.2

1.8

3.1

2.8

3.1

3.9

3.2

1.3

1.6

2.5

2.3

2.8

2.5

2.5

60–79

0.4

0.8

1.8

1.1

2.1

2.2

2.7

0.7

0.6

1.3

1.1

1.3

1.3

1.4

80 or more

0.7

1.0

0.7

0.7

0.4

0.9

1.0

2.4

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.1

0.7

1.7

50 or more

1.7

2.3

3.9

2.8

4.3

4.3

5.0

3.8

2.6

3.5

3.0

3.5

2.7

4.1

90 or more

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.7

2.2

1.3

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.4

0.7

100

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.7

2.2

1.1

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.6

Mean proportion

3.9

5.1

7.6

6.5

7.9

8.3

8.4

5.0

4.6

5.6

4.8

5.8

4.9

6.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

6.3

8.3

11.8

10.0

12.4

13.4

13.5

12.7

10.5

12.7

11.2

13.5

11.3

13.9

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.8

96.6

97.9

98.1

97.5

97.8

98.0

90.2

92.5

95.1

93.7

94.5

95.7

96.2

1–19

1.5

1.1

0.8

0.8

1.1

0.8

0.6

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.3

0.7

20–39

0.7

0.9

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.7

0.8

1.0

1.3

1.3

0.6

0.8

40–59

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.9

0.9

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.3

0.3

60–79

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

80 or more

0.7

0.9

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.7

1.0

6.5

4.4

2.2

3.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

50 or more

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.8

1.1

7.3

4.9

2.5

3.4

2.6

2.0

2.0

90 or more

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.7

1.0

6.4

4.1

2.1

2.9

1.9

1.9

1.7

100

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.7

0.9

6.0

3.9

1.9

2.5

1.7

1.6

1.7

Mean proportion

1.2

1.4

0.9

0.7

1.0

1.1

1.2

7.6

5.3

2.9

3.9

3.0

2.4

2.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.7

42.5

44.3

36.7

39.1

48.9

62.3

77.6

70.6

59.5

62.8

53.9

56.7

61.6

Number (thousands)

10,184

3,277

13,592

5,067

3,529

2,374

2,622

9,270

3,342

18,056

4,802

3,611

3,009

6,634

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Units 65 or Older Table 8.A5 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, marital status, and quintile of total money income, 2012

Proportion of income

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

94.8

91.3

79.5

60.8

32.6

85.7

78.7

57.9

39.3

22.6

95.9

95.0

91.0

77.5

54.9

1–19

0.9

2.4

4.1

6.9

8.6

2.7

4.9

8.4

10.0

8.5

0.6

1.5

2.5

4.3

5.4

20–39

0.7

1.9

4.6

8.0

8.0

2.8

6.1

9.8

9.5

8.3

0.1

1.1

2.3

4.1

5.7

40–59

0.4

1.3

4.4

8.1

11.9

2.2

3.7

9.3

12.8

12.9

0.4

0.7

1.4

5.4

7.3

60–79

0.5

0.8

2.6

6.8

17.1

1.2

2.7

6.3

14.9

19.9

0.6

0.2

0.9

3.2

10.0

80 or more

2.7

2.3

4.8

9.4

21.9

5.4

3.9

8.2

13.6

27.9

2.4

1.6

1.9

5.5

16.6

50 or more

3.4

3.4

9.7

20.5

45.6

7.4

9.0

19.0

35.3

54.2

3.3

1.8

3.2

11.4

31.3

90 or more

2.4

1.9

4.2

7.5

14.3

4.6

3.5

6.4

8.6

17.6

2.1

1.4

1.7

4.6

12.8

100

2.2

1.4

2.7

3.7

3.7

3.3

1.9

3.1

3.7

3.2

1.9

1.3

1.5

3.2

5.0

Mean proportion

3.5

4.1

10.4

20.9

41.6

8.2

9.9

20.7

33.2

49.5

3.0

2.4

4.0

11.9

28.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

67.3

47.6

50.7

53.2

61.7

57.4

46.4

49.1

54.6

64.0

74.8

48.1

45.0

52.7

63.8

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

13.6

4.0

5.3

8.1

13.6

11.3

3.9

6.3

9.1

16.3

18.4

3.0

3.1

5.9

13.3

1–19

0.3

0.3

1.2

3.6

18.1

0.3

1.2

3.3

7.7

25.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

1.5

10.3

20–39

1.4

1.1

3.7

10.9

24.5

2.2

3.1

9.2

20.2

26.8

1.4

0.8

0.9

5.3

18.4

40–59

2.1

4.3

8.6

13.4

14.1

4.3

6.3

13.6

18.1

11.6

2.0

2.2

4.8

11.5

13.4

60–79

4.3

6.3

11.1

15.2

9.9

6.4

13.1

18.2

13.9

8.2

3.9

4.7

6.9

12.4

9.3

80 or more

78.3

84.1

70.1

48.8

19.9

75.5

72.5

49.4

31.0

11.6

74.0

89.0

84.0

63.3

35.3

50 or more

83.8

93.0

86.1

71.1

35.8

85.1

89.0

75.4

52.9

24.5

79.0

94.9

93.6

82.2

51.2

90 or more

75.4

79.1

61.6

39.7

14.7

69.6

62.3

39.0

24.1

7.8

71.5

85.0

78.9

55.8

28.8

100

59.0

51.2

30.3

15.7

3.1

46.0

30.0

14.4

5.6

2.0

57.0

61.4

49.5

26.3

10.2

Mean proportion

82.1

89.8

81.6

68.2

41.8

81.7

83.9

70.2

55.2

32.9

77.6

92.6

90.3

77.8

53.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

95.1

93.5

86.2

74.2

48.4

92.1

87.2

74.9

60.7

39.3

95.2

95.4

93.2

82.7

62.0

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

16.0

5.6

7.5

11.4

18.7

14.0

5.8

8.2

12.2

21.6

21.0

4.6

4.5

8.4

19.7

1–19

0.5

0.9

2.5

6.8

32.6

0.6

2.0

4.8

14.5

44.4

0.4

1.0

0.9

3.5

20.5

20–39

1.6

2.4

8.1

24.3

37.2

2.7

6.3

16.2

42.2

31.3

1.6

1.4

2.5

12.1

37.2

40–59

2.5

6.4

22.3

30.1

9.7

6.0

11.7

34.9

26.1

2.1

2.5

2.7

8.0

32.9

17.9

60–79

5.4

13.0

23.0

17.6

1.4

8.3

27.3

27.3

4.0

0.5

4.5

6.8

16.1

25.4

2.1

80 or more

74.0

71.7

36.6

9.8

0.3

68.3

46.9

8.6

1.1

0.2

70.0

83.6

68.0

17.7

2.5

50 or more

81.0

88.9

72.1

42.1

4.1

80.7

80.2

57.1

12.7

0.9

76.1

91.9

89.4

61.8

10.1

90 or more

69.8

61.1

27.4

5.4

0.2

60.0

33.0

3.8

0.5

0.1

66.6

77.0

55.5

12.0

1.9

100

54.3

38.3

13.6

2.5

0.1

39.1

15.4

1.8

0.1

0.1

52.9

55.0

33.0

5.6

1.0

Mean proportion

78.7

82.8

65.1

44.6

20.4

76.6

71.7

50.0

30.7

15.3

74.2

88.7

81.9

55.2

26.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

93.6

87.8

70.4

50.3

25.1

89.0

76.1

54.4

35.0

19.6

94.0

93.0

85.7

60.3

32.4

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.8

94.0

85.8

78.7

71.3

96.0

89.3

80.7

71.4

71.6

98.5

96.4

92.6

81.0

73.2

1–19

0.7

1.4

2.7

3.1

7.1

1.5

3.4

3.8

4.7

9.4

0.4

1.1

1.6

2.2

3.7

20–39

0.5

1.8

3.7

5.3

8.3

1.0

2.9

6.5

7.8

9.1

0.3

0.8

2.4

5.0

5.3

40–59

0.3

0.8

4.5

5.7

6.1

0.3

2.4

4.7

7.9

4.6

0.1

0.4

1.2

6.9

6.8

60–79

0.1

1.0

2.1

4.2

4.7

0.4

1.6

2.6

5.8

3.5

0.1

0.5

1.1

3.0

6.2

80 or more

0.6

1.0

1.2

3.0

2.5

0.7

0.5

1.7

2.5

1.7

0.6

0.8

1.1

2.0

4.8

50 or more

0.8

2.3

5.2

9.7

9.7

1.2

2.9

5.3

11.7

7.3

0.7

1.4

2.5

8.2

14.2

90 or more

0.5

0.7

0.7

1.9

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.7

1.3

2.9

100

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.5

0.4

0.3

Mean proportion

1.0

2.7

6.2

10.4

11.7

1.5

3.9

8.0

13.0

9.8

0.9

1.6

3.3

9.1

14.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

47.1

45.3

43.8

49.0

40.7

38.7

36.5

41.4

45.4

34.6

55.8

45.6

44.3

47.9

52.3

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

94.3

81.3

65.9

59.1

65.0

87.6

66.6

56.0

60.8

66.8

95.1

91.2

76.5

59.6

64.3

1–19

2.6

11.4

12.0

13.8

16.7

8.1

17.2

16.0

16.4

19.3

1.6

5.7

14.0

9.6

10.1

20–39

1.2

5.2

13.7

13.3

9.1

2.0

11.6

18.0

11.6

7.2

0.8

1.8

7.2

18.4

8.2

40–59

0.3

1.0

6.3

10.3

5.5

0.6

2.9

8.8

8.2

4.0

0.4

0.0

1.4

9.9

10.8

60–79

0.3

0.3

1.1

2.9

3.0

0.7

0.5

0.9

2.7

2.0

0.4

0.1

0.3

1.7

5.5

80 or more

1.4

0.9

1.0

0.5

0.7

1.0

1.2

0.2

0.3

0.7

1.6

1.1

0.6

0.8

1.1

50 or more

1.8

1.4

4.1

7.0

6.3

1.8

2.7

3.1

6.8

4.6

2.2

1.2

1.3

5.5

11.5

90 or more

1.1

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.4

1.4

0.9

0.4

0.6

0.7

100

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.3

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.2

Mean proportion

2.2

4.1

9.9

12.8

9.5

3.0

7.9

12.0

11.1

7.6

2.5

2.2

5.0

13.2

13.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.8

22.0

29.1

31.3

27.2

24.1

23.7

27.3

28.2

22.8

50.6

24.8

21.3

32.6

37.7

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

78.3

62.5

47.3

35.6

17.8

63.9

46.6

35.8

24.8

11.9

80.8

71.2

60.6

44.3

28.3

1–19

18.0

33.2

45.2

51.4

58.0

31.0

47.0

53.5

60.9

60.2

15.1

26.4

35.1

45.2

49.0

20–39

0.6

2.9

4.9

7.9

10.3

2.2

4.8

7.9

8.3

12.8

0.6

1.5

2.9

6.5

8.0

40–59

0.3

1.1

1.8

3.4

6.9

0.4

1.4

2.1

4.1

7.4

0.3

0.6

1.3

2.7

7.2

60–79

0.3

0.1

0.5

1.3

5.2

0.5

0.0

0.6

1.8

6.3

0.1

0.1

0.0

1.0

4.9

80 or more

2.6

0.1

0.3

0.4

1.8

2.0

0.2

0.1

0.1

1.4

3.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

2.6

50 or more

3.0

0.7

1.5

3.2

9.7

2.5

0.7

1.4

3.4

11.2

3.5

0.7

0.6

2.4

10.2

90 or more

2.5

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.4

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

3.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.5

100

2.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.1

Mean proportion

3.5

2.6

4.6

7.2

13.9

4.2

3.8

5.9

8.0

15.7

3.9

1.6

2.7

5.9

13.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

16.1

6.9

8.7

11.2

17.0

11.5

7.2

9.1

10.6

17.8

20.2

5.6

6.8

10.5

18.9

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.3

97.2

98.5

99.0

99.3

93.5

98.3

98.8

98.9

99.6

80.7

95.7

98.3

98.8

99.3

1–19

2.3

0.8

0.5

0.8

0.7

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.1

0.4

2.9

1.5

0.6

0.3

0.3

20–39

2.6

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

1.2

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.0

3.3

1.1

0.4

0.4

0.3

40–59

1.2

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.1

60–79

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

80 or more

7.1

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.3

0.9

0.5

0.0

0.0

50 or more

8.0

1.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

3.7

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

12.2

1.4

0.6

0.1

0.0

90 or more

6.8

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.1

0.6

0.5

0.0

0.0

100

6.3

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

10.0

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

9.0

1.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

4.3

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.0

13.4

1.8

0.8

0.4

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

65.5

54.6

32.5

14.0

9.5

65.7

22.7

11.2

10.0

3.8

69.6

41.4

47.0

34.1

18.9

Number (thousands)

5,663

6,493

6,515

6,497

6,479

2,562

2,755

2,762

2,748

2,764

3,043

3,635

3,889

3,749

3,740

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Quintile limits are $13,292, $22,021, $35,493, and $63,648 for all units; $26,818, $39,798, $59,252, and $94,000 for married couples; and $10,799, $15,599, $21,941, and $36,797 for nonmarried persons.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Aged Persons Table 8.B1 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, sex, and age, 2012

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

14.1

26.3

60.0

12.8

23.6

56.4

15.3

28.6

62.8

1–19

2.0

4.7

6.1

1.6

4.4

6.6

2.4

5.1

5.8

20–39

3.3

5.7

6.6

2.7

4.9

7.2

3.8

6.4

6.0

40–59

6.0

8.8

7.6

5.0

9.2

8.3

6.9

8.5

6.9

60–79

11.5

12.9

8.7

11.4

12.2

9.3

11.7

13.5

8.2

80 or more

63.1

41.6

11.1

66.5

45.8

12.2

59.9

38.0

10.3

50 or more

78.2

59.4

23.8

81.1

63.2

25.8

75.6

56.2

22.1

90 or more

53.8

32.9

7.2

57.2

36.6

8.2

50.7

29.8

6.4

100

20.3

12.0

2.9

21.7

12.6

3.2

19.0

11.4

2.6

Mean proportion

73.4

55.5

22.8

76.0

59.0

24.9

70.9

52.5

21.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

85.4

75.2

56.9

87.1

77.2

57.0

83.8

73.5

56.8

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

68.4

40.5

8.9

72.4

44.9

9.8

64.7

36.7

8.1

1–19

9.2

12.6

7.8

8.6

12.8

8.3

9.6

12.6

7.5

20–39

7.5

12.3

11.5

6.5

11.7

12.3

8.4

12.9

10.9

40–59

4.2

8.2

10.5

3.1

7.2

10.9

5.3

9.1

10.1

60–79

2.5

6.2

11.2

2.1

5.2

11.5

2.8

7.1

10.9

80 or more

8.3

20.1

50.1

7.3

18.3

47.2

9.2

21.6

52.5

50 or more

12.5

30.1

66.5

10.7

26.9

64.1

14.2

32.8

68.4

90 or more

7.2

17.0

43.5

6.6

15.4

40.2

7.8

18.3

46.2

100

4.6

9.2

22.8

4.5

8.2

20.3

4.7

10.1

24.8

Mean proportion

15.0

32.7

66.1

12.9

29.5

63.8

16.9

35.5

67.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

47.3

55.0

72.5

46.7

53.6

70.7

47.8

56.1

73.8

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

78.7

49.4

11.6

82.4

55.7

12.9

75.2

44.0

10.6

1–19

6.9

15.3

13.0

6.0

14.1

13.9

7.8

16.3

12.2

20–39

5.3

13.5

18.1

4.0

11.1

19.6

6.6

15.5

16.8

40–59

2.7

7.2

15.6

1.7

6.1

15.7

3.7

8.2

15.5

60–79

1.7

4.3

12.6

1.5

3.2

12.3

1.9

5.3

12.8

80 or more

4.6

10.3

29.2

4.4

9.8

25.6

4.9

10.7

32.2

50 or more

7.4

17.9

49.4

6.6

15.7

45.4

8.2

19.8

52.7

90 or more

4.0

8.6

23.6

4.0

8.2

20.1

4.0

8.9

26.5

100

3.1

5.6

14.3

3.2

5.3

11.9

3.0

5.8

16.2

Mean proportion

9.3

22.0

51.6

8.0

19.2

48.3

10.6

24.4

54.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

43.8

43.5

58.3

45.4

43.4

55.5

42.7

43.6

60.5

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

92.4

86.9

83.8

93.1

88.0

83.4

91.7

85.9

84.2

1–19

2.5

3.3

4.1

2.5

3.1

4.2

2.5

3.5

4.1

20–39

2.3

4.1

4.6

2.1

3.7

4.9

2.5

4.3

4.3

40–59

1.3

2.4

3.6

1.0

2.3

3.6

1.6

2.4

3.7

60–79

0.6

2.0

2.5

0.5

1.6

2.6

0.6

2.4

2.4

80 or more

0.9

1.4

1.4

0.7

1.3

1.4

1.1

1.6

1.3

50 or more

2.0

4.5

5.3

1.7

3.9

5.4

2.2

5.0

5.2

90 or more

0.7

1.0

0.8

0.6

1.0

0.8

0.8

1.1

0.8

100

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

Mean proportion

2.8

5.4

6.6

2.5

4.8

6.7

3.2

5.9

6.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.2

41.2

40.5

35.4

40.2

40.5

38.6

41.9

40.5

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

90.4

82.5

70.5

92.1

83.1

68.4

88.8

82.0

72.2

1–19

5.2

8.2

13.8

4.2

7.7

14.3

6.2

8.6

13.4

20–39

2.0

4.4

9.2

1.6

4.3

9.9

2.3

4.5

8.6

40–59

1.0

2.7

4.5

0.8

2.4

5.1

1.3

2.9

4.0

60–79

0.5

1.3

1.4

0.5

1.3

1.7

0.5

1.2

1.2

80 or more

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.9

1.2

0.7

0.9

0.7

0.6

50 or more

1.7

3.2

3.7

1.6

3.4

4.2

1.9

3.0

3.2

90 or more

0.8

0.7

0.4

0.7

1.0

0.4

0.8

0.4

0.4

100

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

Mean proportion

2.7

5.1

7.7

2.3

5.2

8.5

3.0

5.0

7.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

28.1

29.2

26.1

29.7

30.8

26.8

27.1

27.8

25.4

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

43.8

43.0

43.0

43.8

42.5

40.3

43.8

43.4

45.1

1–19

50.3

49.2

45.9

50.4

50.1

47.9

50.2

48.4

44.2

20–39

3.0

4.4

6.0

3.2

4.0

6.5

2.9

4.7

5.6

40–59

1.2

1.8

2.8

1.1

1.6

3.1

1.3

2.0

2.6

60–79

0.5

0.7

1.5

0.5

0.6

1.5

0.6

0.7

1.5

80 or more

1.1

1.0

0.8

1.1

1.2

0.7

1.1

0.8

0.9

50 or more

2.2

2.4

3.6

2.1

2.4

3.6

2.4

2.4

3.5

90 or more

0.9

0.8

0.4

1.0

1.0

0.4

0.9

0.7

0.5

100

0.9

0.7

0.4

0.9

0.8

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.4

Mean proportion

4.3

5.0

6.6

4.2

4.9

6.9

4.3

5.1

6.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

7.6

8.7

11.6

7.5

8.5

11.6

7.7

8.9

11.6

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

93.3

94.1

95.4

94.0

94.5

96.1

92.7

93.7

94.8

1–19

2.6

2.4

2.0

2.5

2.4

1.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

20–39

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.2

0.9

1.2

1.1

1.3

40–59

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.6

60–79

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

80 or more

2.2

1.5

0.9

1.8

1.0

0.8

2.5

1.9

1.0

50 or more

2.6

2.0

1.2

2.2

1.5

1.0

3.1

2.4

1.4

90 or more

2.1

1.4

0.9

1.8

0.9

0.8

2.4

1.7

1.0

100

1.9

1.3

0.8

1.6

0.8

0.7

2.2

1.6

0.9

Mean proportion

3.1

2.5

1.7

2.7

2.0

1.4

3.6

2.9

1.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

47.2

41.8

37.2

44.9

36.6

37.0

48.9

45.7

37.3

Number (thousands)

27,545

9,954

42,580

13,249

4,606

18,971

14,296

5,348

23,608

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B2 Percentage distribution, by income source, sex, and age, 2012

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

42.9

59.4

68.3

77.0

38.3

57.4

65.6

76.9

47.1

61.2

70.3

77.1

1–19

7.4

6.9

6.4

3.7

7.3

6.8

8.0

4.3

7.4

6.9

5.2

3.3

20–39

8.7

7.5

5.8

3.4

9.0

8.2

6.6

3.8

8.5

6.9

5.2

3.1

40–59

9.9

8.9

6.3

4.1

10.2

10.1

6.8

4.6

9.6

7.8

6.0

3.8

60–79

12.4

8.5

6.3

5.6

14.0

9.0

6.5

4.5

11.0

8.2

6.1

6.3

80 or more

18.7

8.8

6.9

6.2

21.3

8.7

6.5

5.9

16.4

9.0

7.2

6.5

50 or more

36.5

21.6

16.6

14.1

40.6

22.7

16.6

12.9

32.6

20.7

16.6

14.9

90 or more

12.7

5.4

4.6

3.5

14.4

5.7

4.4

3.9

11.0

5.2

4.7

3.2

100

4.8

2.3

2.2

1.3

5.0

2.3

2.6

1.8

4.6

2.3

1.9

1.0

Mean proportion

34.5

21.4

16.5

13.1

38.2

22.4

16.9

12.6

31.2

20.6

16.1

13.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

60.5

52.8

51.9

56.9

61.9

52.5

49.1

54.4

58.9

53.1

54.4

58.7

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

14.7

6.8

5.8

5.3

16.1

6.9

5.6

6.2

13.4

6.7

6.0

4.7

1–19

11.5

6.9

5.2

5.8

13.4

6.9

5.0

4.3

9.8

6.9

5.3

6.8

20–39

14.3

12.1

10.3

8.2

15.2

12.8

11.2

8.0

13.5

11.6

9.6

8.3

40–59

12.0

11.6

10.1

7.7

12.0

11.9

10.5

8.5

12.0

11.3

9.7

7.1

60–79

11.3

11.9

10.8

10.6

10.6

12.2

12.5

11.3

11.9

11.6

9.6

10.1

80 or more

36.2

50.7

57.8

62.5

32.8

49.2

55.2

61.8

39.4

52.0

59.8

63.0

50 or more

53.5

68.2

73.8

76.8

49.4

66.9

73.3

77.2

57.4

69.4

74.2

76.5

90 or more

30.2

43.9

50.1

56.2

26.6

42.4

46.6

54.4

33.4

45.2

52.6

57.4

100

16.1

22.6

26.1

29.5

13.7

21.1

24.3

26.8

18.4

23.9

27.5

31.3

Mean proportion

54.4

67.8

72.4

75.4

50.9

66.9

71.3

75.1

57.5

68.6

73.2

75.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

63.7

72.7

76.9

79.6

60.6

71.9

75.5

80.0

66.5

73.5

77.9

79.2

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

18.8

9.2

7.7

7.1

21.0

9.5

7.6

7.8

16.8

8.9

7.8

6.7

1–19

16.7

11.7

11.2

10.6

18.9

12.3

11.0

10.1

14.6

11.1

11.3

10.9

20–39

20.9

20.3

16.1

13.6

21.3

21.5

19.5

15.2

20.6

19.2

13.5

12.6

40–59

15.4

16.7

16.3

14.3

13.9

17.6

16.6

15.9

16.8

15.9

16.1

13.3

60–79

9.9

13.0

13.7

14.7

9.0

11.9

14.5

16.3

10.8

14.0

13.2

13.7

80 or more

18.3

29.2

35.0

39.6

16.0

27.2

30.9

34.8

20.4

30.9

38.1

42.9

50 or more

35.4

50.5

57.0

61.4

31.4

47.4

53.4

59.0

39.2

53.2

59.7

63.1

90 or more

14.5

23.3

28.0

32.9

12.5

21.4

23.4

28.0

16.4

24.9

31.4

36.2

100

9.7

14.1

16.4

19.0

8.2

12.5

13.9

15.5

11.0

15.5

18.3

21.4

Mean proportion

40.2

52.9

57.6

61.1

36.8

50.9

55.2

58.5

43.3

54.6

59.3

62.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

49.5

58.2

62.4

65.8

46.6

56.2

59.7

63.4

52.0

59.9

64.4

67.3

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

82.7

84.5

83.6

84.8

82.5

84.4

83.0

83.8

82.8

84.7

84.0

85.5

1–19

4.7

3.9

3.9

3.8

4.6

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.8

3.9

3.9

3.7

20–39

5.1

4.1

4.6

4.2

5.4

4.3

4.8

4.7

4.9

4.0

4.5

3.9

40–59

3.5

3.5

3.9

3.8

3.5

3.3

3.7

4.0

3.5

3.7

4.0

3.6

60–79

2.6

2.7

2.3

2.1

2.5

2.7

2.9

2.5

2.8

2.8

1.9

1.9

80 or more

1.3

1.2

1.7

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.6

1.5

50 or more

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.2

5.2

5.3

6.0

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.4

4.9

90 or more

0.8

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.9

0.8

1.1

0.3

0.8

0.6

1.0

0.9

100

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.4

Mean proportion

6.8

6.3

6.8

6.2

6.8

6.4

7.2

6.6

6.8

6.2

6.6

6.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.3

40.9

41.7

41.0

39.2

41.1

42.3

40.6

39.3

40.8

41.2

41.3

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

72.6

68.1

69.2

70.9

73.0

65.8

66.4

65.4

72.2

70.1

71.3

74.6

1–19

12.9

15.1

15.1

12.8

12.8

15.8

15.9

13.7

12.9

14.4

14.6

12.2

20–39

8.5

9.4

9.5

9.7

8.4

9.6

10.7

12.0

8.5

9.3

8.6

8.1

40–59

4.1

5.2

4.3

4.4

4.0

6.2

4.5

5.9

4.2

4.4

4.1

3.3

60–79

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.8

2.0

2.3

1.4

1.3

0.9

1.0

80 or more

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.8

50 or more

3.6

3.8

3.5

3.7

3.4

4.6

4.6

4.9

3.7

3.2

2.8

2.9

90 or more

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.3

100

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

Mean proportion

7.1

8.3

7.7

7.8

7.0

9.2

8.7

9.8

7.3

7.5

7.0

6.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.0

26.0

25.1

26.8

25.8

26.9

25.8

28.4

26.3

25.2

24.5

25.3

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

41.6

42.9

43.2

44.6

39.0

40.5

41.5

41.3

44.0

44.8

44.6

46.9

1–19

48.4

44.8

45.3

43.9

51.0

47.1

45.4

45.7

46.0

42.9

45.3

42.7

20–39

5.4

7.1

5.8

5.9

5.6

7.4

6.7

6.7

5.1

6.8

5.2

5.4

40–59

2.8

2.9

3.2

2.4

2.7

2.8

3.9

3.2

2.9

3.0

2.7

1.9

60–79

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.0

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.7

80 or more

0.7

0.7

0.6

1.4

0.7

0.4

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.9

0.6

1.5

50 or more

3.0

3.7

3.6

4.2

2.7

3.8

4.0

4.5

3.3

3.6

3.3

4.0

90 or more

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.6

100

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.5

Mean proportion

6.1

7.0

6.7

6.9

6.0

7.0

7.5

7.7

6.1

7.0

6.1

6.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

10.4

12.2

11.9

12.5

9.9

11.8

12.9

13.1

10.8

12.6

11.0

12.0

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.1

95.1

95.5

95.8

96.2

95.6

96.0

96.6

94.1

94.7

95.2

95.3

1–19

2.0

2.4

2.1

1.6

1.7

2.1

2.2

1.2

2.2

2.7

2.0

1.9

20–39

1.3

1.2

0.7

1.1

1.0

1.1

0.7

0.9

1.6

1.4

0.7

1.3

40–59

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.3

0.8

0.5

60–79

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

80 or more

1.0

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.9

1.1

1.3

0.8

1.1

0.8

50 or more

1.3

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.0

0.9

0.9

1.2

1.6

1.1

1.5

1.2

90 or more

1.0

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.9

1.1

1.2

0.8

1.1

0.8

100

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.1

0.7

1.0

0.8

Mean proportion

1.9

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.6

2.3

1.7

2.0

1.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.6

31.5

38.9

39.9

36.5

32.2

35.5

45.8

39.8

31.1

41.0

36.9

Number (thousands)

14,197

10,083

7,455

10,845

6,787

4,621

3,168

4,396

7,411

5,461

4,287

6,449

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B3 Percentage distribution, by income source, sex, and marital status, 2012

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

Married

Nonmarried

Married

Nonmarried

Married

Nonmarried

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

54.5

67.1

71.0

61.2

63.5

51.3

69.3

74.0

66.7

67.3

58.6

66.2

70.2

57.7

60.2

1–19

7.6

4.2

4.0

4.8

3.5

7.5

4.4

4.7

4.4

3.6

7.9

4.1

3.8

5.0

3.5

20–39

8.3

4.3

3.9

5.3

4.1

8.5

3.8

3.0

4.6

3.7

8.0

4.5

4.1

5.8

4.5

40–59

9.0

5.6

5.5

6.1

5.7

9.6

5.0

5.0

5.2

3.7

8.2

5.9

5.6

6.6

7.5

60–79

9.2

7.9

7.4

9.3

8.0

10.4

6.5

5.0

7.8

6.8

7.7

8.5

8.0

10.2

9.1

80 or more

11.3

10.9

8.3

13.4

15.0

12.6

11.0

8.3

11.3

15.0

9.5

10.9

8.3

14.7

15.1

50 or more

25.0

22.1

18.6

26.4

26.6

27.9

20.6

16.1

22.5

24.3

21.4

22.7

19.3

28.8

28.6

90 or more

7.4

6.9

4.3

9.2

12.0

8.2

8.1

5.0

8.6

12.7

6.3

6.5

4.1

9.6

11.3

100

2.7

3.1

1.8

4.0

6.2

3.0

3.7

2.2

4.0

6.0

2.3

2.8

1.7

4.0

6.4

Mean proportion

24.7

20.3

17.1

24.3

24.5

27.2

19.1

15.1

20.7

22.5

21.6

20.8

17.6

26.6

26.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

54.3

61.7

59.0

62.7

67.1

55.7

62.2

58.2

62.1

69.0

52.1

61.5

59.2

62.9

65.7

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.4

9.5

5.3

12.9

18.1

9.2

11.4

6.9

11.8

18.7

7.4

8.7

4.9

13.5

17.6

1–19

8.1

7.5

7.8

7.4

5.8

9.1

6.3

7.2

5.5

5.3

6.8

8.1

8.0

8.6

6.2

20–39

12.7

10.1

9.8

11.8

9.0

13.5

9.1

7.5

11.7

8.8

11.5

10.4

10.4

11.8

9.2

40–59

11.7

8.9

9.2

8.7

8.8

12.0

8.1

8.9

7.4

7.9

11.2

9.2

9.2

9.6

9.5

60–79

13.1

8.6

9.1

8.6

6.8

12.8

8.3

10.1

7.4

5.8

13.5

8.8

8.8

9.3

7.6

80 or more

46.1

55.5

58.8

50.6

51.6

43.4

56.8

59.4

56.1

53.4

49.5

54.9

58.7

47.2

49.9

50 or more

65.0

68.4

72.5

63.7

62.3

62.1

68.9

74.1

67.1

63.0

68.7

68.2

72.0

61.5

61.6

90 or more

38.5

50.1

53.2

45.6

46.8

36.1

50.5

52.6

50.7

46.8

41.5

50.0

53.4

42.4

46.8

100

17.7

29.5

30.3

28.8

27.4

16.6

29.6

30.7

31.0

26.3

19.2

29.4

30.1

27.5

28.4

Mean proportion

64.2

68.5

72.1

64.3

62.9

61.9

68.6

72.3

67.9

63.1

67.1

68.4

72.1

62.0

62.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

70.1

75.6

76.2

73.8

76.8

68.2

77.4

77.7

77.0

77.6

72.5

74.9

75.8

71.7

76.0

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

11.0

12.3

7.9

16.4

21.9

12.2

14.7

9.6

15.9

22.8

9.6

11.4

7.5

16.7

21.1

1–19

14.3

11.2

12.1

10.0

9.3

15.3

10.5

12.8

8.6

8.1

13.0

11.5

11.9

10.8

10.4

20–39

20.4

15.0

14.5

16.3

16.5

21.0

16.2

15.8

16.3

17.4

19.6

14.6

14.2

16.3

15.7

40–59

16.9

13.9

14.4

14.7

10.9

16.4

13.9

15.4

14.3

9.0

17.5

13.9

14.1

15.0

12.5

60–79

13.9

10.8

11.5

10.3

9.4

13.1

10.3

12.2

9.2

9.2

14.9

11.0

11.3

11.0

9.6

80 or more

23.5

36.7

39.6

32.3

32.1

22.0

34.4

34.2

35.7

33.6

25.4

37.7

41.0

30.2

30.7

50 or more

45.6

54.4

58.1

50.1

46.1

43.0

51.3

53.5

52.0

46.5

49.0

55.6

59.4

49.0

45.8

90 or more

17.8

31.2

33.5

28.0

26.8

16.7

28.7

27.5

31.1

27.9

19.3

32.3

35.1

26.1

25.9

100

10.0

20.0

20.5

19.3

19.0

9.3

18.4

18.2

19.9

18.2

10.8

20.6

21.1

19.0

19.7

Mean proportion

48.3

55.8

59.2

52.0

48.9

46.4

53.3

55.1

54.2

49.2

50.8

56.8

60.3

50.6

48.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

54.3

63.7

64.3

62.2

62.7

52.8

62.5

60.9

64.4

63.7

56.2

64.1

65.2

60.8

61.8

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

81.2

87.2

86.8

88.1

86.0

81.5

87.9

87.0

89.7

87.6

80.8

87.0

86.8

87.0

84.6

1–19

5.1

3.0

3.5

2.1

2.5

4.9

2.3

3.3

1.3

1.6

5.2

3.2

3.5

2.6

3.2

20–39

5.7

3.0

3.4

2.6

3.0

5.8

2.7

3.4

2.1

2.5

5.7

3.2

3.4

2.9

3.4

40–59

4.1

3.1

3.1

3.6

1.9

3.9

2.8

2.5

3.4

1.8

4.2

3.2

3.3

3.8

1.9

60–79

2.8

2.1

2.0

1.8

3.0

2.7

2.4

2.6

1.5

2.9

2.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

3.0

80 or more

1.2

1.6

1.2

1.8

3.7

1.2

1.9

1.3

2.0

3.6

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.7

3.8

50 or more

5.6

5.0

4.6

4.8

7.7

5.4

5.3

4.9

4.3

7.2

5.8

4.8

4.5

5.1

8.2

90 or more

0.6

1.1

0.7

1.4

2.9

0.6

1.2

0.4

1.5

2.8

0.6

1.0

0.7

1.4

3.1

100

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.7

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.6

Mean proportion

7.2

5.7

5.4

5.7

7.6

7.1

5.9

5.6

5.3

7.2

7.4

5.6

5.4

6.0

7.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.4

44.5

41.3

48.0

54.2

38.3

48.6

42.6

51.6

58.3

38.5

42.9

40.9

46.2

51.3

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

66.3

76.0

73.7

77.8

79.4

67.0

71.8

65.3

75.1

78.5

65.5

77.7

75.9

79.5

80.2

1–19

16.4

10.3

11.8

8.9

8.1

16.2

9.4

11.4

7.8

8.7

16.7

10.7

11.9

9.5

7.6

20–39

10.6

7.3

7.9

6.7

6.4

10.3

9.0

11.4

8.0

6.4

11.1

6.6

7.0

5.9

6.4

40–59

4.6

4.3

4.4

4.5

3.2

4.6

6.3

8.0

5.6

3.0

4.7

3.4

3.4

3.8

3.3

60–79

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.5

2.3

1.3

2.7

2.9

2.6

3.0

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.6

80 or more

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.9

50 or more

3.6

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.2

3.5

6.0

7.2

5.6

4.7

3.6

2.9

2.8

2.9

3.9

90 or more

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.6

100

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.4

Mean proportion

8.3

6.8

7.2

6.5

6.3

8.1

9.3

11.3

8.4

6.6

8.6

5.8

6.2

5.4

6.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

24.8

28.4

27.5

29.4

30.6

24.7

32.9

32.7

33.6

30.8

24.9

26.1

25.6

26.2

30.4

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

35.6

52.6

50.5

54.3

54.8

35.7

51.9

49.3

54.8

50.2

35.5

52.9

50.9

54.0

58.9

1–19

51.3

38.8

40.2

37.9

36.4

51.6

38.5

39.2

37.3

38.7

50.8

38.9

40.4

38.3

34.4

20–39

7.5

4.0

4.5

3.3

4.3

7.3

4.6

5.8

3.6

4.8

7.8

3.8

4.2

3.1

3.8

40–59

3.1

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.5

3.0

3.1

3.7

2.5

3.8

3.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

1.4

60–79

1.8

1.2

1.2

1.2

0.9

1.7

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.3

2.0

1.2

1.2

1.3

0.7

80 or more

0.7

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.1

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.7

1.2

0.8

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.9

50 or more

3.9

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.7

3.3

3.5

2.8

4.3

4.1

3.1

3.1

3.3

2.0

90 or more

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.8

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.7

1.0

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.7

100

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.7

Mean proportion

7.6

5.4

5.7

4.9

5.3

7.3

5.9

6.7

4.8

6.8

7.9

5.2

5.4

4.9

4.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

11.8

11.3

11.5

10.7

11.8

11.4

12.2

13.3

10.7

13.6

12.2

10.9

11.1

10.6

9.9

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.8

93.5

94.4

93.3

90.7

96.8

94.4

94.7

95.7

91.2

96.8

93.1

94.4

91.7

90.3

1–19

1.6

2.5

2.2

2.6

3.1

1.7

2.0

1.7

1.5

3.2

1.5

2.7

2.4

3.2

3.1

20–39

0.8

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.8

0.8

1.3

1.7

0.6

2.0

0.8

1.7

1.4

2.1

1.6

40–59

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.5

1.2

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

1.1

0.3

0.8

0.7

0.8

1.3

60–79

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.6

80 or more

0.5

1.5

1.1

1.8

2.7

0.5

1.8

1.6

1.9

2.1

0.5

1.4

0.9

1.8

3.2

50 or more

0.6

2.0

1.4

2.3

3.8

0.5

2.1

1.7

2.1

3.0

0.6

2.0

1.4

2.4

4.6

90 or more

0.5

1.5

1.1

1.8

2.4

0.4

1.7

1.6

1.9

1.5

0.5

1.4

0.9

1.8

3.2

100

0.4

1.3

1.0

1.4

2.3

0.4

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.5

0.5

1.2

0.8

1.5

3.0

Mean proportion

1.0

2.7

2.1

3.0

4.4

1.0

2.6

2.4

2.4

3.8

1.0

2.7

2.0

3.3

5.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

30.6

41.4

37.7

44.1

47.3

30.0

47.1

45.8

55.3

42.5

31.3

39.5

35.8

40.4

51.1

Number (thousands)

24,127

18,453

10,914

4,708

1,839

13,554

5,418

2,288

1,812

854

10,573

13,035

8,626

2,896

985

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B4 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, family Social Security beneficiary status, sex, and marital status, 2012

Proportion of family income

Persons in beneficiary families

Persons in nonbeneficiary families

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

64.3

58.8

71.6

61.4

55.9

75.5

66.5

62.3

70.0

27.0

20.1

35.1

22.9

17.7

33.5

31.1

24.0

35.9

1–19

6.8

8.4

4.6

7.3

8.3

4.8

6.3

8.6

4.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.2

2.0

1.1

1.3

1.0

20–39

7.1

9.0

4.6

7.9

9.3

4.2

6.5

8.6

4.7

2.5

2.7

2.1

2.5

2.9

1.7

2.4

2.5

2.4

40–59

8.0

9.5

6.1

8.9

10.2

5.5

7.4

8.6

6.3

3.9

5.3

2.3

4.5

5.6

2.1

3.4

4.8

2.5

60–79

8.6

9.1

8.0

9.2

10.4

6.1

8.2

7.6

8.8

8.9

10.2

7.3

10.1

10.9

8.5

7.6

9.0

6.6

80 or more

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.9

3.9

5.1

4.4

5.7

56.4

60.4

51.8

58.5

61.6

52.1

54.4

58.4

51.6

50 or more

18.0

19.1

16.6

19.1

21.3

13.3

17.2

16.3

17.9

67.5

73.0

61.0

71.2

75.3

62.7

63.8

69.2

60.1

90 or more

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.6

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.4

50.8

54.6

46.3

52.7

55.4

47.1

48.9

53.4

45.8

100

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

24.6

24.1

25.2

24.7

24.4

25.4

24.5

23.8

25.0

Mean proportion

17.4

19.1

15.1

18.6

21.0

12.3

16.5

16.8

16.2

64.0

69.6

57.6

67.2

71.4

58.7

60.9

66.6

57.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

48.7

46.4

53.0

48.2

47.7

50.1

49.1

44.5

54.0

87.8

87.1

88.8

87.2

86.7

88.3

88.4

87.7

89.0

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

76.4

76.2

76.6

76.1

75.5

77.3

76.7

77.4

76.2

1–19

8.2

8.4

8.1

8.7

9.4

6.9

7.9

7.1

8.5

4.8

5.7

3.9

5.3

6.6

2.6

4.4

4.2

4.5

20–39

12.5

13.7

10.9

13.4

14.8

10.0

11.8

12.5

11.3

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.5

4.7

4.1

3.3

2.7

3.8

40–59

11.5

12.8

9.9

12.2

13.3

9.3

11.0

12.1

10.1

2.3

2.9

1.6

2.4

2.9

1.4

2.2

3.0

1.6

60–79

12.4

14.5

9.5

12.9

14.3

9.5

11.9

14.8

9.5

2.0

1.8

2.2

1.6

1.8

1.1

2.3

1.8

2.7

80 or more

55.3

50.6

61.6

52.7

48.2

64.3

57.4

53.6

60.5

10.6

9.5

11.9

10.2

8.6

13.5

11.0

10.9

11.1

50 or more

73.4

71.5

76.1

71.7

69.1

78.3

74.8

74.4

75.2

13.6

13.0

14.2

12.9

12.1

14.6

14.2

14.6

13.9

90 or more

48.1

42.3

55.7

44.9

40.2

57.2

50.5

45.0

55.1

9.1

7.8

10.6

8.5

7.0

11.5

9.7

9.1

10.2

100

25.3

19.5

32.9

22.7

18.5

33.7

27.3

20.8

32.6

4.0

3.4

4.7

3.8

2.9

5.6

4.2

4.2

4.2

Mean proportion

72.8

70.5

76.0

71.2

68.7

77.6

74.1

72.7

75.3

14.3

13.6

15.2

13.9

12.9

15.9

14.7

14.6

14.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

72.8

70.5

76.0

71.2

68.7

77.6

74.1

72.7

75.3

60.7

57.1

65.0

58.1

52.8

69.9

63.3

64.6

62.5

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.3

80.3

87.2

82.6

80.6

87.9

83.8

79.9

86.9

88.0

88.5

87.4

88.1

88.2

88.1

87.9

89.1

87.1

1–19

4.4

5.4

3.2

4.5

5.2

2.6

4.4

5.5

3.4

1.9

2.5

1.3

2.0

2.7

0.5

1.9

2.2

1.7

20–39

4.9

6.2

3.2

5.2

6.2

2.8

4.6

6.2

3.3

2.1

2.2

2.0

2.5

2.7

2.1

1.8

1.5

2.0

40–59

3.9

4.3

3.4

3.9

4.2

3.2

3.9

4.5

3.5

1.4

1.7

1.0

1.4

1.7

0.6

1.4

1.6

1.2

60–79

2.6

3.0

2.2

2.8

2.9

2.6

2.5

3.0

2.0

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.5

1.3

1.7

80 or more

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

5.2

3.9

6.8

5.0

3.6

7.8

5.5

4.3

6.3

50 or more

5.1

5.5

4.5

5.2

5.4

4.8

5.0

5.7

4.4

7.0

5.7

8.4

6.5

5.4

8.7

7.4

6.3

8.2

90 or more

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.4

4.7

3.6

5.9

4.3

3.4

6.2

5.0

3.9

5.8

100

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

1.9

2.2

1.8

1.7

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.2

Mean proportion

6.4

7.3

5.2

6.7

7.2

5.3

6.2

7.5

5.2

7.5

6.5

8.8

7.2

6.3

9.1

7.8

6.7

8.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.4

37.1

41.0

38.4

37.1

43.9

38.4

37.1

39.9

62.9

56.5

69.7

61.0

53.4

76.7

64.7

61.9

66.3

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

68.1

63.6

74.1

65.4

64.1

68.8

70.2

62.9

76.2

88.9

88.5

89.3

88.5

88.0

89.7

89.2

89.3

89.1

1–19

15.1

18.0

11.3

15.7

17.8

10.6

14.6

18.2

11.6

3.7

4.1

3.2

4.1

5.0

2.3

3.2

2.7

3.6

20–39

10.1

11.7

8.0

11.0

11.4

10.2

9.4

12.1

7.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.4

2.0

2.0

1.9

40–59

5.0

5.1

4.7

5.7

5.1

7.2

4.4

5.1

3.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.7

60–79

1.5

1.4

1.7

1.9

1.4

3.2

1.2

1.4

1.1

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.8

0.5

1.0

80 or more

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.5

4.3

4.1

4.8

3.7

50 or more

3.5

3.4

3.7

4.2

3.4

6.2

3.0

3.4

2.6

4.9

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.9

5.1

5.7

4.7

90 or more

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

3.2

2.7

3.8

3.0

2.3

4.3

3.5

3.4

3.5

100

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.9

2.2

1.4

0.7

2.8

1.6

1.1

1.9

Mean proportion

8.0

8.7

7.0

8.9

8.6

9.9

7.2

8.9

5.9

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.7

5.6

5.9

5.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.0

23.9

27.1

25.8

23.9

31.6

24.3

23.9

24.7

48.9

46.8

51.7

46.1

42.1

55.8

51.9

55.4

49.6

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

42.2

34.8

51.9

39.6

35.1

51.2

44.2

34.6

52.1

49.1

41.7

57.7

45.3

40.3

55.8

52.7

43.9

58.7

1–19

46.5

51.8

39.4

48.3

52.0

38.6

45.0

51.5

39.7

41.4

47.3

34.5

45.3

48.9

38.0

37.5

44.7

32.6

20–39

6.4

7.9

4.3

6.9

7.7

5.0

5.9

8.2

4.0

3.2

4.2

2.1

3.7

4.5

2.0

2.8

3.7

2.2

40–59

3.0

3.2

2.6

3.2

3.2

3.5

2.7

3.3

2.3

1.6

2.1

1.0

1.8

2.2

0.9

1.4

1.9

1.0

60–79

1.6

1.9

1.2

1.6

1.8

1.2

1.6

2.0

1.2

1.1

1.3

0.8

0.9

1.2

0.3

1.3

1.5

1.1

80 or more

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.6

3.7

3.5

3.9

3.0

3.0

2.9

4.3

4.2

4.4

50 or more

3.3

3.6

2.9

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.8

2.7

5.6

6.1

5.1

4.7

5.4

3.4

6.5

7.2

6.1

90 or more

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

3.5

3.3

3.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

4.2

4.2

4.1

100

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.3

2.9

3.6

2.6

2.5

2.9

3.9

3.7

4.0

Mean proportion

6.5

7.5

5.2

6.9

7.3

5.9

6.2

7.8

4.9

7.4

8.1

6.6

6.9

7.7

5.4

7.8

8.7

7.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

11.3

11.5

10.8

11.4

11.2

12.2

11.1

11.9

10.2

14.5

13.8

15.5

12.7

12.9

12.2

16.5

15.5

17.4

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.7

97.6

95.4

97.2

97.5

96.5

96.2

97.7

95.0

85.5

90.3

79.8

88.3

91.3

82.1

82.7

88.7

78.6

1–19

1.8

1.5

2.3

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.0

1.4

2.6

3.3

2.8

3.9

3.0

2.5

4.1

3.6

3.1

3.8

20–39

1.0

0.7

1.4

0.9

0.7

1.3

1.1

0.7

1.5

2.1

1.5

2.7

1.5

1.5

1.6

2.6

1.6

3.3

40–59

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.3

1.1

1.4

1.0

60–79

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.6

0.2

0.8

80 or more

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.0

4.2

12.3

6.4

3.7

12.0

9.5

5.0

12.5

50 or more

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.5

8.5

4.5

13.1

6.7

4.1

12.0

10.2

5.3

13.6

90 or more

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.8

4.1

12.0

6.2

3.6

11.5

9.3

4.9

12.3

100

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.9

3.9

10.5

5.5

3.3

9.9

8.4

4.7

10.9

Mean proportion

0.7

0.4

1.1

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.8

0.4

1.2

9.5

5.5

14.1

7.4

4.9

12.8

11.4

6.5

14.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

21.2

17.4

23.9

20.3

17.4

25.6

21.8

17.5

23.4

65.0

56.8

69.6

63.6

56.1

71.2

65.9

57.7

68.9

Number (thousands)

37,639

21,464

16,175

16,527

11,906

4,621

21,112

9,558

11,554

4,941

2,663

2,278

2,445

1,648

797

2,496

1,015

1,481

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B5 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 2012

Proportion of family income

White alone

Black alone

Asian alone

Hispanic origin

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

61.2

57.5

64.2

58.0

54.8

60.3

38.1

35.6

39.9

50.4

50.2

50.6

1–19

6.3

6.8

6.0

4.9

5.4

4.6

3.9

3.4

4.3

3.8

3.6

4.0

20–39

6.6

7.2

6.2

6.0

7.4

5.0

5.3

6.3

4.5

4.9

5.9

4.1

40–59

7.5

8.4

6.7

8.2

8.4

8.1

8.7

8.3

9.1

8.7

9.7

7.9

60–79

8.4

9.1

7.8

8.9

9.4

8.6

14.0

13.8

14.1

12.1

12.6

11.8

80 or more

10.0

11.0

9.1

13.9

14.6

13.4

30.0

32.6

28.1

20.1

18.0

21.7

50 or more

22.2

24.4

20.5

26.9

28.3

25.9

49.5

51.9

47.7

37.4

36.2

38.2

90 or more

6.3

7.3

5.5

9.2

10.2

8.5

20.5

22.8

18.9

14.1

13.6

14.5

100

2.4

2.7

2.2

5.3

5.9

4.8

7.0

8.7

5.7

7.9

7.7

8.0

Mean proportion

21.5

23.7

19.7

25.7

27.4

24.5

44.6

47.1

42.8

33.8

33.2

34.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

55.4

55.7

55.1

61.2

60.6

61.7

72.0

73.1

71.2

68.1

66.6

69.3

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

7.7

8.6

7.0

12.8

14.3

11.7

24.2

27.4

21.8

18.3

17.3

19.1

1–19

7.4

8.0

6.9

7.4

7.3

7.4

19.5

18.7

20.0

10.3

9.7

10.8

20–39

11.7

12.5

11.0

10.2

10.7

9.9

12.9

12.5

13.2

12.7

13.1

12.4

40–59

10.5

10.8

10.2

10.6

11.8

9.7

8.6

9.7

7.8

10.1

11.1

9.3

60–79

11.5

11.7

11.3

9.0

10.0

8.3

8.4

8.8

8.2

7.7

7.2

8.1

80 or more

51.3

48.5

53.6

50.1

45.9

53.1

26.4

22.8

29.0

40.9

41.6

40.3

50 or more

68.0

65.5

70.0

64.5

61.7

66.5

38.7

36.2

40.5

53.2

53.5

52.9

90 or more

44.3

41.0

47.0

45.1

40.5

48.4

23.6

20.7

25.8

36.5

37.4

35.9

100

22.1

19.8

24.0

32.7

28.5

35.7

13.6

11.9

14.8

26.9

27.2

26.6

Mean proportion

67.3

65.1

69.2

64.6

61.8

66.6

41.7

39.0

43.6

55.3

56.2

54.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

73.0

71.2

74.4

74.0

72.1

75.4

55.0

53.8

55.8

67.7

67.9

67.7

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

10.4

11.6

9.3

16.7

18.0

15.7

26.6

29.3

24.6

20.7

19.8

21.3

1–19

12.7

13.9

11.8

11.6

11.8

11.4

22.5

22.0

22.8

13.2

13.3

13.1

20–39

18.5

20.1

17.2

15.6

17.2

14.5

15.7

15.6

15.7

14.6

15.7

13.8

40–59

16.0

16.0

15.9

13.7

14.7

12.9

10.4

9.5

11.2

12.2

12.7

11.9

60–79

13.0

12.6

13.4

10.0

10.8

9.5

7.7

8.4

7.3

8.2

7.3

8.9

80 or more

29.4

25.8

32.4

32.4

27.5

35.9

17.1

15.2

18.4

31.1

31.3

31.0

50 or more

50.3

46.0

53.7

49.4

45.4

52.3

29.3

27.6

30.7

44.6

44.0

45.1

90 or more

23.5

20.0

26.4

28.1

23.8

31.3

14.9

12.9

16.5

27.7

28.4

27.2

100

13.6

11.4

15.4

21.9

18.1

24.6

9.9

8.6

10.8

21.5

21.9

21.3

Mean proportion

52.4

49.0

55.1

51.4

48.1

53.8

34.0

32.0

35.4

48.1

48.1

48.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

58.4

55.5

60.7

61.7

58.7

63.8

46.3

45.3

47.0

60.6

60.0

61.1

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.4

82.9

83.8

85.1

84.8

85.3

90.6

92.0

89.6

92.1

91.4

92.6

1–19

4.3

4.3

4.3

3.9

3.6

4.1

2.1

2.4

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

20–39

4.7

4.9

4.4

3.9

4.8

3.3

3.6

2.9

4.0

2.6

2.9

2.4

40–59

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.1

3.5

2.8

2.7

2.0

3.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

60–79

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.2

0.9

0.7

0.9

1.3

1.3

1.3

80 or more

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.8

1.3

2.2

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.9

1.3

0.6

50 or more

5.5

5.6

5.3

4.9

4.7

5.1

2.4

2.0

2.8

2.6

2.8

2.4

90 or more

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.3

0.8

1.6

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

100

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.7

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

Mean proportion

6.7

7.0

6.5

6.3

6.1

6.4

3.4

2.7

4.0

3.3

3.7

2.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.4

40.7

40.2

42.3

40.4

43.8

36.5

33.1

38.5

41.1

43.1

39.3

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

69.3

67.3

70.9

75.4

72.3

77.6

82.1

80.8

83.1

84.8

84.5

85.0

1–19

14.3

14.6

14.0

11.0

12.7

9.8

10.1

11.8

8.8

7.7

7.4

7.9

20–39

9.6

10.3

9.1

7.5

8.7

6.6

4.4

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.3

40–59

4.6

5.3

4.1

4.5

4.6

4.4

2.4

2.1

2.6

1.9

2.0

1.7

60–79

1.5

1.8

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.9

0.4

80 or more

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.2

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.7

50 or more

3.8

4.5

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.5

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.7

1.8

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.7

0.9

0.6

100

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

Mean proportion

8.0

8.8

7.3

6.7

7.3

6.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.9

4.2

3.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.1

26.9

25.3

27.1

26.2

28.0

23.5

21.8

24.9

25.5

27.3

24.2

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

39.7

37.2

41.8

70.0

66.8

72.3

45.2

46.0

44.7

68.0

66.9

68.8

1–19

48.1

50.0

46.5

27.0

29.9

25.0

45.1

43.7

46.2

28.4

29.5

27.5

20–39

6.5

7.0

6.1

1.8

2.1

1.7

6.2

6.8

5.7

1.9

1.8

1.9

40–59

3.1

3.3

2.9

0.9

1.1

0.8

1.6

1.8

1.4

0.8

0.6

0.9

60–79

1.7

1.7

1.7

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.8

0.7

0.9

0.5

0.7

0.4

80 or more

0.9

0.8

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.5

0.4

0.5

50 or more

3.9

3.9

3.9

0.7

0.8

0.6

3.1

3.1

3.1

1.1

1.2

1.0

90 or more

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.4

100

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.4

Mean proportion

7.2

7.5

7.0

1.9

2.2

1.7

5.3

5.3

5.3

2.5

2.6

2.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

12.0

11.9

12.0

6.4

6.5

6.2

9.8

9.9

9.6

7.9

7.9

8.0

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.4

97.0

95.9

90.1

92.0

88.8

86.8

85.3

88.0

87.9

91.2

85.4

1–19

1.6

1.5

1.7

4.0

2.7

5.0

5.6

6.5

4.9

4.8

3.3

5.8

20–39

0.9

0.7

1.1

2.4

2.2

2.6

2.7

3.0

2.5

3.3

2.4

4.1

40–59

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.9

0.6

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.3

0.8

1.7

60–79

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.5

80 or more

0.7

0.6

0.8

2.1

2.3

2.0

3.4

3.6

3.3

2.4

2.1

2.6

50 or more

0.9

0.7

1.0

2.9

2.6

3.1

4.2

4.5

3.9

3.3

2.6

3.9

90 or more

0.7

0.5

0.8

2.1

2.2

2.0

3.3

3.6

3.0

2.2

2.0

2.4

100

0.6

0.5

0.7

1.9

1.9

1.8

3.3

3.6

3.0

1.9

1.8

2.0

Mean proportion

1.3

1.0

1.5

3.9

3.5

4.2

5.3

5.9

4.9

4.7

3.7

5.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

35.9

34.3

36.8

39.6

44.3

37.2

40.5

39.8

41.2

38.8

42.0

37.3

Number (thousands)

36,472

16,376

20,097

3,808

1,592

2,216

1,632

701

932

3,141

1,345

1,797

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B6 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, race, Hispanic origin, sex, and marital status, 2012

Proportion of family income

White alone

Black alone

Asian alone

Hispanic origin

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Married

Non-married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

52.6

70.6

59.4

68.3

46.4

65.7

55.5

62.1

33.3

45.1

45.1

35.4

46.4

58.6

54.8

47.8

1–19

7.6

4.5

8.1

4.1

6.1

4.4

6.0

4.1

3.8

1.6

5.3

3.4

4.0

2.6

4.0

4.0

20–39

8.6

3.5

8.0

4.6

8.4

6.1

8.9

3.6

7.1

2.9

6.9

2.4

6.7

4.0

6.2

2.7

40–59

9.6

5.1

7.9

5.7

11.3

4.6

11.7

6.9

9.3

4.1

10.4

8.0

11.3

6.3

10.5

6.2

60–79

10.1

6.5

7.5

8.2

12.0

6.1

8.1

8.7

15.4

7.4

12.5

15.6

14.2

9.1

9.7

13.1

80 or more

11.5

9.8

9.0

9.2

15.8

13.1

9.8

14.6

31.1

39.0

19.9

35.1

17.4

19.3

14.9

26.1

50 or more

26.3

19.5

20.4

20.5

33.1

22.1

23.0

27.0

52.5

49.1

39.2

55.1

37.8

32.8

30.8

43.1

90 or more

7.4

7.2

6.0

5.2

10.4

10.1

6.6

9.2

21.5

28.1

12.2

24.6

12.7

15.6

11.4

16.5

100

2.5

3.2

2.2

2.2

5.3

6.5

2.9

5.5

9.0

7.7

3.8

7.3

6.7

10.0

6.3

9.1

Mean proportion

25.8

17.9

20.8

18.9

31.7

21.7

23.9

24.7

47.6

45.0

35.5

49.1

34.7

29.9

28.6

37.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

54.4

60.9

51.2

59.5

59.2

63.4

53.6

65.1

71.3

82.1

64.7

76.0

64.7

72.1

63.3

72.7

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.1

9.8

6.9

7.1

12.1

17.2

7.1

13.3

26.0

33.2

18.0

25.1

14.6

23.2

14.9

21.9

1–19

8.7

6.0

6.4

7.4

8.7

5.6

6.4

7.8

18.7

18.8

16.8

22.8

9.9

9.2

5.7

14.1

20–39

13.7

9.3

11.7

10.3

11.9

9.0

9.6

10.0

14.2

5.6

11.3

14.8

15.3

8.3

12.5

12.2

40–59

11.9

8.0

11.1

9.4

13.9

9.0

12.8

8.5

10.4

6.6

11.2

4.8

12.5

8.1

11.6

7.9

60–79

13.0

8.3

13.7

9.2

11.5

8.1

11.3

7.2

9.4

6.3

12.0

4.8

9.0

3.3

8.7

7.7

80 or more

44.7

58.6

50.2

56.6

41.9

51.1

52.8

53.2

21.2

29.5

30.7

27.6

38.7

47.9

46.7

36.2

50 or more

63.6

70.6

69.5

70.4

60.3

63.6

70.9

65.0

35.4

39.4

48.0

34.1

53.2

54.2

60.9

47.7

90 or more

37.0

51.8

41.9

51.4

35.9

46.4

45.8

49.4

19.0

27.7

27.4

24.3

33.9

45.2

40.1

33.1

100

16.2

29.2

18.4

28.9

24.7

33.3

32.4

36.9

10.6

17.5

15.6

14.2

24.7

32.7

29.3

24.9

Mean proportion

63.2

70.2

67.9

70.3

60.4

63.5

69.3

65.6

38.7

40.3

48.9

39.2

55.9

56.8

61.8

50.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

68.7

77.8

72.9

75.7

68.7

76.7

74.6

75.7

52.4

60.3

59.6

52.3

65.5

73.9

72.6

64.1

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

11.1

13.0

9.0

9.6

15.0

21.9

10.6

17.5

28.0

34.9

20.7

28.0

17.2

25.6

16.9

24.2

1–19

15.1

10.5

12.9

10.8

14.6

8.2

10.7

11.7

22.3

20.7

19.9

25.3

13.2

13.5

8.2

16.4

20–39

21.2

17.1

19.8

14.8

20.5

12.8

19.3

12.8

17.9

5.9

16.5

15.0

18.4

9.5

16.7

11.8

40–59

16.8

13.8

17.6

14.4

14.3

15.3

17.0

11.4

9.7

8.6

15.0

7.9

14.2

9.1

14.2

10.4

60–79

13.5

10.3

15.4

11.6

10.5

11.1

10.1

9.3

8.9

6.0

9.8

5.1

8.4

4.7

10.1

8.0

80 or more

22.2

35.2

25.4

38.7

25.1

30.7

32.2

37.2

13.2

24.0

18.1

18.7

28.5

37.5

33.9

29.1

50 or more

43.8

51.9

49.5

57.5

41.9

49.9

51.5

52.6

26.3

33.1

34.2

27.6

43.4

45.2

48.8

42.6

90 or more

16.5

29.1

19.0

33.0

21.4

26.9

27.5

32.6

11.8

17.5

15.8

17.1

25.3

35.2

29.3

25.8

100

8.8

18.1

10.1

20.2

15.8

21.0

21.2

25.8

7.6

12.8

11.4

10.3

19.6

26.9

22.3

20.6

Mean proportion

47.1

54.3

51.2

58.5

46.6

50.1

53.8

53.8

31.3

35.0

38.7

32.6

47.8

48.8

53.1

44.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.9

62.4

56.2

64.7

54.8

64.1

60.2

65.3

43.5

53.7

48.8

45.2

57.7

65.6

63.9

59.1

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

81.1

87.5

80.4

86.8

81.5

89.1

81.1

86.8

91.2

95.3

87.6

91.3

90.3

93.8

89.2

94.8

1–19

5.0

2.4

5.5

3.2

5.1

1.7

4.9

3.9

2.2

3.2

1.6

2.3

2.4

0.7

2.2

1.7

20–39

5.8

2.6

5.7

3.3

5.7

3.7

5.6

2.5

3.4

0.7

6.1

2.2

3.2

2.2

3.9

1.5

40–59

3.9

2.9

4.2

3.4

4.6

2.1

4.7

2.1

2.3

0.5

3.8

2.6

1.5

0.9

1.9

0.7

60–79

2.8

2.6

3.0

1.9

2.5

1.2

2.7

2.1

0.9

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.4

1.0

1.9

0.9

80 or more

1.3

2.0

1.2

1.3

0.6

2.1

0.9

2.7

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.4

1.2

1.5

0.9

0.4

50 or more

5.6

5.6

5.9

4.8

4.8

4.6

5.1

5.1

2.4

0.3

3.1

2.5

2.8

2.8

3.5

1.7

90 or more

0.7

1.2

0.6

0.9

0.4

1.3

0.6

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.4

0.2

100

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.0

Mean proportion

7.3

6.1

7.5

5.6

6.8

5.2

7.2

6.2

3.1

0.8

4.7

3.4

4.0

3.1

4.5

1.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.6

48.9

38.5

42.4

36.8

48.3

38.1

46.7

35.2

16.6

37.7

39.5

40.9

50.9

41.5

36.4

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

66.0

70.6

64.7

76.5

69.2

76.2

68.4

80.9

80.3

82.8

76.8

88.5

83.2

87.6

82.7

86.5

1–19

16.5

9.5

17.1

11.4

16.1

8.3

14.5

8.1

12.1

10.4

12.7

5.6

9.4

3.0

9.4

7.0

20–39

10.6

9.7

11.4

7.0

10.3

6.5

10.7

5.1

5.0

2.5

6.1

2.7

3.9

4.6

5.1

3.8

40–59

4.8

6.5

4.8

3.4

3.5

6.1

5.2

4.1

1.9

3.1

3.0

2.3

2.0

2.2

1.6

1.9

60–79

1.4

3.0

1.4

1.1

0.5

1.8

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.0

0.9

0.1

0.7

1.5

0.6

0.3

80 or more

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.4

1.1

0.6

0.7

0.0

1.2

0.5

0.8

0.8

1.2

0.7

0.6

50 or more

3.7

6.4

3.7

2.9

2.1

4.3

3.6

3.5

1.8

2.9

2.7

1.4

2.3

3.6

2.1

1.6

90 or more

0.3

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.2

1.1

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.8

1.0

0.4

0.6

100

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.7

0.2

0.4

Mean proportion

8.5

9.7

8.8

6.0

6.7

8.0

7.9

5.7

4.1

4.6

5.5

3.1

4.0

4.6

4.1

3.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.0

33.0

25.0

25.7

21.8

33.5

25.1

29.6

20.8

26.6

23.5

27.4

23.9

37.3

23.6

24.7

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

33.0

48.3

33.1

49.4

62.9

71.7

64.9

75.0

44.5

52.5

41.6

47.4

64.2

73.0

63.7

72.3

1–19

53.5

40.9

52.5

41.3

34.1

24.5

31.8

22.6

44.5

40.1

45.0

47.3

31.7

24.7

30.9

25.2

20–39

7.7

5.0

8.1

4.2

2.2

1.9

2.4

1.4

7.2

5.4

8.5

3.4

2.5

0.4

3.0

1.2

40–59

3.3

3.4

3.4

2.4

0.6

1.6

0.6

0.8

1.7

2.1

2.4

0.6

0.7

0.4

1.5

0.5

60–79

1.8

1.3

2.2

1.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.9

0.0

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.2

80 or more

0.7

1.1

0.7

1.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

1.3

0.0

1.9

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.4

0.6

50 or more

3.9

3.8

4.4

3.6

0.6

1.0

0.5

0.6

3.5

1.5

4.4

1.9

1.1

1.5

1.5

0.8

90 or more

0.3

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

1.3

0.0

1.6

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

100

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

1.1

0.0

1.6

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

Mean proportion

7.8

6.6

8.3

5.8

2.2

2.1

2.4

1.5

5.8

3.3

7.2

3.7

2.7

2.4

3.5

1.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

11.7

12.8

12.4

11.5

5.9

7.6

6.8

5.9

10.5

7.0

12.3

7.1

7.6

8.8

9.6

6.5

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.3

96.0

97.4

94.5

94.7

88.5

95.5

86.3

88.3

72.6

87.4

88.6

91.5

90.4

90.5

82.0

1–19

1.6

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.8

3.9

1.5

6.2

4.4

15.1

5.0

4.8

3.4

3.0

3.7

7.3

20–39

0.6

1.1

0.7

1.4

2.4

1.9

2.0

2.8

2.6

4.6

2.6

2.5

2.6

1.8

3.2

4.6

40–59

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.7

0.3

1.0

0.4

1.2

0.6

3.1

0.8

0.9

1.0

0.4

1.0

2.1

60–79

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.9

0.7

0.0

0.9

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

0.8

80 or more

0.3

1.3

0.4

1.2

0.8

4.2

0.5

2.5

3.3

4.6

3.4

3.1

1.3

4.0

1.6

3.2

50 or more

0.4

1.5

0.4

1.6

0.8

5.0

0.6

3.9

4.0

6.6

4.3

3.6

1.8

4.4

1.8

5.3

90 or more

0.3

1.2

0.3

1.2

0.8

4.0

0.5

2.5

3.3

4.6

3.4

2.7

1.1

4.0

1.3

3.1

100

0.3

0.9

0.3

1.0

0.4

3.9

0.5

2.2

3.3

4.6

3.4

2.7

1.0

3.7

1.1

2.7

Mean proportion

0.7

1.9

0.8

2.2

1.7

5.9

1.4

5.2

5.2

8.7

5.4

4.5

3.0

5.3

3.3

6.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.7

48.0

28.8

40.2

32.5

51.3

32.1

37.8

44.3

31.7

42.9

39.6

35.3

55.0

35.3

38.0

Number (thousands)

11,907

4,469

9,423

10,673

897

695

584

1,631

566

134

432

500

929

416

713

1,084

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B7 Percentage distribution, by source of family income and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2012

Proportion of family income

Total

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

60.0

78.2

77.2

63.8

47.8

33.7

1–19

6.1

3.9

4.2

6.3

8.2

8.0

20–39

6.6

3.1

5.3

7.6

8.8

7.8

40–59

7.6

3.5

4.6

7.4

10.2

11.9

60–79

8.7

3.9

3.8

7.2

12.0

16.1

80 or more

11.1

7.3

4.9

7.6

13.1

22.6

50 or more

23.8

13.1

11.2

18.6

29.9

45.3

90 or more

7.2

5.6

3.6

4.9

8.0

13.8

100

2.9

4.1

2.1

2.2

3.1

2.9

Mean proportion

22.8

12.8

11.6

18.8

29.0

41.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.9

58.5

51.1

51.8

55.6

62.2

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.9

15.0

4.7

5.3

7.4

12.3

1–19

7.8

2.1

2.3

4.8

8.6

21.1

20–39

11.5

4.7

4.1

8.2

15.5

24.8

40–59

10.5

5.0

6.9

10.6

16.5

12.9

60–79

11.2

7.4

9.7

14.9

14.5

9.1

80 or more

50.1

65.9

72.3

56.1

37.5

19.8

50 or more

66.5

76.0

85.5

76.6

60.6

34.3

90 or more

43.5

61.1

64.8

47.7

30.0

15.0

100

22.8

43.1

36.3

21.8

9.9

4.1

Mean proportion

66.1

74.1

82.4

73.2

59.9

41.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

72.5

87.2

86.4

77.3

64.7

46.8

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

11.6

17.7

6.4

6.7

10.2

17.4

1–19

13.0

2.0

3.2

7.0

14.1

37.8

20–39

18.1

5.4

6.3

13.0

29.2

35.7

40–59

15.6

6.6

10.5

20.0

33.1

7.3

60–79

12.6

8.8

15.8

26.4

10.8

0.8

80 or more

29.2

59.5

57.7

26.8

2.7

1.0

50 or more

49.4

72.0

79.1

65.0

28.9

3.2

90 or more

23.6

53.9

45.9

17.9

1.4

0.7

100

14.3

37.9

25.1

8.7

0.5

0.4

Mean proportion

51.6

69.7

74.2

58.5

36.8

19.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

58.3

84.7

79.3

62.7

40.9

23.7

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.8

96.5

91.7

85.7

74.6

71.4

1–19

4.1

1.1

3.1

3.4

5.1

7.9

20–39

4.6

1.1

2.0

4.9

7.0

7.7

40–59

3.6

0.3

1.5

3.3

6.9

5.9

60–79

2.5

0.4

0.9

1.7

4.4

4.8

80 or more

1.4

0.6

0.7

1.0

2.0

2.5

50 or more

5.3

1.1

1.9

3.8

9.3

10.2

90 or more

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.4

1.2

1.4

100

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.1

Mean proportion

6.6

1.5

2.9

5.6

11.0

11.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.5

41.9

35.1

39.1

43.2

40.2

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

70.5

90.2

75.8

64.3

58.8

64.4

1–19

13.8

5.4

14.3

15.9

15.4

17.3

20–39

9.2

2.2

7.0

14.0

14.3

8.1

40–59

4.5

0.5

1.8

4.8

9.5

5.6

60–79

1.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

1.6

3.7

80 or more

0.7

1.0

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.9

50 or more

3.7

1.8

1.7

2.3

5.2

7.2

90 or more

0.4

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.5

100

0.2

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

Mean proportion

7.7

2.7

5.1

8.8

11.7

9.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.1

27.9

21.0

24.7

28.4

27.6

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

43.0

72.4

54.8

42.5

30.1

16.6

1–19

45.9

23.9

41.1

48.9

57.0

57.2

20–39

6.0

1.1

2.9

6.8

7.9

11.1

40–59

2.8

0.4

1.0

1.3

3.6

7.4

60–79

1.5

0.3

0.1

0.3

1.2

5.7

80 or more

0.8

1.8

0.1

0.2

0.2

2.0

50 or more

3.6

2.2

0.7

1.0

2.7

11.1

90 or more

0.4

1.8

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

100

0.4

1.7

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

Mean proportion

6.6

3.2

2.8

4.6

7.2

15.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

11.6

11.6

6.3

7.9

10.3

18.1

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.4

85.8

95.8

97.2

98.3

99.1

1–19

2.0

3.8

2.3

1.9

1.4

0.8

20–39

1.1

3.6

1.2

0.7

0.2

0.0

40–59

0.4

1.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.0

60–79

0.1

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

80 or more

0.9

4.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

50 or more

1.2

5.7

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

90 or more

0.9

4.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

100

0.8

4.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

1.7

7.2

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.2

50.5

23.7

16.5

13.1

8.2

Number (thousands)

42,580

8,162

8,604

8,598

8,597

8,618

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $12,159, $17,750, $25,835, and $41,479.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B8 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, number of persons in family, and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2012

Proportion of family income

Total

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

81.7

96.0

93.8

88.0

73.6

53.8

1–19

3.3

1.0

2.2

3.1

4.8

5.8

20–39

3.2

0.4

1.7

2.9

5.5

6.1

40–59

3.3

0.2

1.0

3.0

4.8

8.1

60–79

3.1

0.4

0.4

1.2

3.8

10.3

80 or more

5.4

2.0

0.9

1.8

7.5

15.9

50 or more

10.3

2.6

1.4

4.0

13.7

31.7

90 or more

4.2

1.8

0.9

1.5

6.1

11.9

100

2.1

1.8

0.8

1.0

3.6

3.9

Mean proportion

10.2

2.5

2.3

5.1

14.5

28.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

55.9

63.9

37.7

42.6

54.9

62.1

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

59.6

87.0

82.7

64.9

46.9

28.9

1–19

7.5

3.4

4.5

8.4

10.3

9.2

20–39

7.2

2.6

5.1

8.6

10.4

7.8

40–59

8.1

2.0

3.2

7.7

11.2

13.8

60–79

8.6

1.5

2.3

6.0

11.6

18.3

80 or more

9.0

3.6

2.2

4.4

9.5

22.0

50 or more

21.8

6.2

6.6

14.6

26.1

47.5

90 or more

5.6

2.8

2.1

3.3

5.5

12.4

100

1.9

2.1

1.3

1.8

2.2

2.2

Mean proportion

21.3

6.5

7.4

15.6

26.5

43.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.7

50.2

42.7

44.5

49.9

60.7

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

19.7

38.8

24.6

10.1

7.7

2.8

1–19

7.3

8.9

7.4

6.0

6.3

7.0

20–39

10.9

7.7

13.4

13.9

8.6

13.1

40–59

13.8

10.7

16.3

15.8

15.5

11.5

60–79

19.5

12.9

16.3

24.0

27.1

20.5

80 or more

28.8

21.0

22.0

30.2

34.8

45.1

50 or more

55.7

39.5

47.0

62.6

70.4

72.1

90 or more

18.0

15.5

14.0

17.2

20.0

28.0

100

7.2

10.7

7.2

6.0

5.3

4.3

Mean proportion

51.5

37.4

45.0

57.5

62.3

67.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

64.2

61.1

59.8

63.9

67.5

69.0

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Retirement benefits

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

7.3

13.4

2.0

3.2

7.0

11.5

1–19

3.1

0.2

0.2

0.6

2.2

12.7

20–39

6.0

1.4

0.7

2.0

7.1

19.8

40–59

7.5

1.7

3.8

6.2

13.9

13.5

60–79

8.4

5.1

5.3

8.9

14.5

9.3

80 or more

67.7

78.1

87.9

79.2

55.3

33.2

50 or more

80.2

84.1

95.5

91.8

77.9

48.8

90 or more

61.6

75.1

82.0

72.2

47.3

26.4

100

36.0

56.2

53.5

37.2

20.3

8.7

Mean proportion

78.1

82.2

92.3

87.5

73.2

52.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

84.2

95.0

94.2

90.4

78.7

59.0

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

6.7

10.5

2.7

3.3

5.8

11.5

1–19

7.2

0.5

0.7

2.3

6.3

22.2

20–39

12.2

3.0

2.7

7.9

15.6

27.1

40–59

11.2

4.1

6.1

11.1

18.6

13.4

60–79

12.8

6.8

10.5

19.7

16.1

9.5

80 or more

49.9

75.2

77.3

55.6

37.6

16.3

50 or more

68.2

84.4

91.0

81.1

63.4

31.1

90 or more

42.3

70.0

68.3

44.8

29.0

11.7

100

19.8

47.7

33.8

18.2

7.2

2.6

Mean proportion

67.3

81.8

86.7

75.6

61.8

39.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

72.2

91.3

89.1

78.2

65.6

44.1

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

18.7

24.9

16.6

16.5

14.0

18.8

1–19

19.1

7.4

11.8

22.0

27.4

39.2

20–39

19.9

12.1

15.7

22.2

29.0

26.0

40–59

13.6

10.9

16.3

18.4

13.2

8.8

60–79

11.2

11.6

16.5

11.3

8.8

6.0

80 or more

17.5

33.0

23.2

9.6

7.5

1.3

50 or more

34.9

50.3

46.7

30.1

21.8

10.0

90 or more

13.2

26.8

17.2

6.2

4.9

0.3

100

7.2

17.3

8.0

1.5

2.0

0.0

Mean proportion

39.1

49.9

47.6

35.5

30.7

20.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

48.1

66.5

57.1

42.5

35.7

25.2

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Social Security

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

10.2

15.5

3.0

4.3

10.5

18.6

1–19

6.3

0.3

1.0

1.2

5.6

24.5

20–39

12.3

1.6

1.6

4.4

16.7

39.5

40–59

14.5

2.5

4.8

14.4

41.4

13.8

60–79

12.1

5.8

10.0

24.3

19.5

1.0

80 or more

44.7

74.2

79.6

51.4

6.3

2.6

50 or more

64.2

81.6

92.6

85.4

47.3

6.9

90 or more

38.5

69.7

69.5

39.3

3.4

2.1

100

24.4

52.0

42.3

20.2

1.4

1.1

Mean proportion

63.5

79.1

87.4

75.0

46.0

24.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

70.7

93.6

90.1

78.4

51.4

29.8

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

9.4

13.5

4.5

4.6

8.4

16.0

1–19

12.8

0.6

1.7

3.6

10.9

40.3

20–39

20.2

3.9

5.4

13.0

33.7

37.2

40–59

17.1

5.5

10.5

25.1

36.3

5.2

60–79

14.4

9.1

20.1

34.3

9.0

0.8

80 or more

26.1

67.5

57.7

19.2

1.7

0.4

50 or more

48.7

79.4

83.4

68.3

27.0

1.9

90 or more

20.0

61.3

42.7

9.7

0.8

0.1

100

11.4

41.3

20.7

4.1

0.2

0.1

Mean proportion

51.0

76.5

76.5

58.5

37.2

18.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.3

88.5

80.1

61.4

40.6

22.2

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

21.3

27.8

19.6

18.6

15.8

21.8

1–19

26.2

6.8

12.7

30.6

39.7

62.3

20–39

22.2

13.1

19.3

31.1

33.9

15.7

40–59

12.8

14.1

22.7

14.5

7.7

0.2

60–79

7.7

12.5

14.0

4.5

2.7

0.0

80 or more

9.8

25.8

11.7

0.8

0.1

0.0

50 or more

23.7

46.1

36.9

11.8

5.4

0.0

90 or more

7.1

19.5

6.8

0.8

0.0

0.0

100

4.4

13.1

3.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

30.5

45.2

39.0

24.3

19.8

10.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.8

62.6

48.5

29.8

23.6

13.9

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Government employee pensions

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

87.0

98.1

95.4

89.7

78.2

71.3

1–19

2.0

0.7

1.3

1.6

1.9

4.3

20–39

3.0

0.3

1.1

4.0

4.7

5.4

40–59

3.5

0.1

0.5

2.4

7.7

7.8

60–79

2.4

0.1

0.6

1.5

4.0

6.4

80 or more

2.0

0.6

1.1

0.7

3.5

4.7

50 or more

6.1

0.7

1.9

3.0

11.3

14.7

90 or more

1.4

0.5

0.8

0.5

2.4

2.9

100

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.1

Mean proportion

6.5

1.0

2.2

4.4

11.4

14.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

49.9

50.0

48.5

42.3

52.5

51.2

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

81.1

96.2

90.5

83.2

71.5

70.3

1–19

4.9

0.8

3.6

4.3

5.4

8.8

20–39

5.6

1.2

2.4

5.1

8.4

8.9

40–59

4.2

0.3

1.9

4.3

7.6

5.6

60–79

2.9

0.6

1.1

1.8

5.4

4.6

80 or more

1.2

0.8

0.4

1.2

1.7

1.8

50 or more

5.8

1.6

1.9

4.4

10.0

9.4

90 or more

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.8

0.9

100

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

Mean proportion

7.4

1.8

3.1

6.5

12.2

11.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.3

48.4

33.1

38.8

42.9

37.3

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.3

94.6

87.6

85.4

79.5

77.4

1–19

5.9

2.2

5.6

4.0

9.2

12.8

20–39

4.3

1.9

2.9

5.7

5.9

7.3

40–59

2.0

0.7

2.5

2.2

3.4

1.5

60–79

1.1

0.5

0.7

1.9

1.4

1.0

80 or more

0.4

0.1

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.0

50 or more

2.2

0.8

1.9

3.3

3.5

1.9

90 or more

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.6

0.0

100

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

3.9

1.6

3.7

5.1

5.8

4.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

28.7

30.1

29.9

35.2

28.0

21.8

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Private pensions or annuities

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

74.7

94.7

85.1

68.6

56.4

65.1

1–19

9.2

2.3

9.9

14.1

8.7

10.7

20–39

8.3

1.0

4.0

12.5

17.8

8.0

40–59

5.1

0.2

0.6

3.5

13.5

9.3

60–79

1.9

0.4

0.2

0.7

2.9

5.7

80 or more

0.8

1.3

0.3

0.6

0.7

1.3

50 or more

4.6

1.7

0.6

2.1

8.1

11.6

90 or more

0.6

1.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.9

100

0.3

1.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

Mean proportion

7.9

2.2

2.7

7.9

15.3

13.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

31.2

40.9

17.9

25.3

35.2

37.3

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

66.1

89.0

69.9

58.7

55.9

63.4

1–19

16.4

6.6

17.1

17.8

18.4

19.4

20–39

10.5

2.0

8.8

16.5

14.4

8.8

40–59

4.9

0.6

2.4

6.1

9.7

4.2

60–79

1.5

0.8

0.8

0.7

1.3

3.4

80 or more

0.7

1.1

1.0

0.2

0.3

0.8

50 or more

3.9

2.1

2.7

2.6

5.0

6.2

90 or more

0.3

0.9

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.4

100

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

8.6

3.0

6.8

10.3

11.9

9.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.2

27.0

22.4

25.0

27.1

24.9

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

76.8

86.3

75.5

73.9

73.0

68.0

1–19

13.9

7.6

14.8

13.5

16.2

23.9

20–39

6.6

4.2

7.2

8.9

8.3

4.7

40–59

2.1

0.9

2.1

3.2

2.1

3.2

60–79

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.1

80 or more

0.3

0.7

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.0

50 or more

1.2

1.4

0.7

1.8

1.1

0.7

90 or more

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

100

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

4.5

3.1

4.7

5.6

4.9

4.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

19.3

22.4

19.4

21.6

18.0

14.7

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Income from assets

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

50.6

76.6

62.8

48.9

36.8

24.1

1–19

38.9

20.2

33.2

44.4

48.0

50.4

20–39

4.7

0.5

2.3

4.6

8.6

8.4

40–59

3.0

0.3

1.4

1.3

4.8

8.0

60–79

1.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

1.5

5.7

80 or more

1.3

2.2

0.2

0.4

0.3

3.4

50 or more

4.0

2.7

1.0

1.4

3.6

12.0

90 or more

0.7

2.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.6

100

0.6

2.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

Mean proportion

6.5

3.2

2.6

4.0

8.1

15.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

13.2

13.7

7.0

7.9

12.8

20.4

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

35.7

66.4

48.4

37.2

25.3

12.6

1–19

50.9

28.4

46.3

51.8

60.9

59.6

20–39

7.6

1.8

3.9

9.2

8.6

12.5

40–59

3.2

0.7

1.1

1.6

3.8

7.4

60–79

1.9

0.6

0.1

0.2

1.2

6.3

80 or more

0.8

2.2

0.2

0.0

0.1

1.6

50 or more

4.0

2.8

0.7

0.8

2.8

11.6

90 or more

0.4

2.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

100

0.3

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Mean proportion

7.8

4.3

3.5

5.5

7.7

15.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

12.1

12.7

6.8

8.7

10.3

18.1

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

51.8

77.4

58.6

46.5

35.8

17.5

1–19

43.1

21.2

40.7

48.9

58.3

63.3

20–39

3.2

0.7

0.7

3.5

4.4

10.3

40–59

1.2

0.2

0.0

0.6

1.1

6.3

60–79

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.3

2.6

80 or more

0.2

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

50 or more

1.2

0.6

0.0

1.0

1.1

5.1

90 or more

0.2

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

100

0.2

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

3.2

1.3

1.3

2.6

3.8

10.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

6.6

5.9

3.1

4.8

6.0

12.1

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

Cash public assistance

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.7

83.6

97.6

98.7

99.5

99.6

1–19

1.0

3.1

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

20–39

1.0

3.8

0.3

0.6

0.0

0.1

40–59

0.4

1.2

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

60–79

0.1

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

80 or more

1.8

7.8

0.7

0.1

0.0

0.0

50 or more

2.0

8.8

0.9

0.1

0.2

0.0

90 or more

1.7

7.5

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.0

100

1.5

6.5

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

2.4

10.1

1.0

0.4

0.2

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.1

61.2

44.3

32.1

40.6

20.6

Number (thousands)

13,254

2,695

2,860

2,798

2,302

2,599

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.3

90.6

97.6

98.0

99.2

99.3

1–19

0.9

1.6

0.9

1.2

0.5

0.7

20–39

0.7

2.2

0.9

0.6

0.3

0.0

40–59

0.4

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

60–79

0.1

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

80 or more

0.5

3.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

50 or more

0.8

4.6

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

90 or more

0.5

3.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100

0.5

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

1.1

5.4

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.6

57.4

27.7

17.6

17.6

8.9

Number (thousands)

22,354

3,475

4,387

4,456

4,913

5,124

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

88.4

80.7

85.8

91.8

93.3

96.9

1–19

7.3

8.4

9.9

7.2

6.2

3.1

20–39

2.8

6.0

3.9

1.1

0.5

0.0

40–59

0.6

1.7

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

60–79

0.3

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

80 or more

0.7

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

50 or more

1.0

3.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

90 or more

0.6

2.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

100

0.6

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean proportion

2.5

6.3

2.0

0.9

0.5

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

21.3

32.5

14.4

10.5

7.4

2.9

Number (thousands)

6,971

1,992

1,358

1,344

1,383

895

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $12,159, $17,750, $25,835, and $41,479.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or SNAP benefits) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or Older Table 8.B9 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, sex, and ratio of family total money income to the poverty threshold, 2012